Suspected malingering and the digit memory test: A replication and extension

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 609-619

  Prigatano, George P ^a   Smason, Ivan ^b   Lamb, David G ^b   Bortz, Jennifer J ^b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALINGERING; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030754855     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6177(97)00020-6     Document Type: Article

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