Detection of mild dementia in community surveys: Is it possible to increase the accuracy of our diagnostic instruments?

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 319-324

  Herlitz, Agneta ^a,b,d   Small, Brent J ^a   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a   Almkvist, Ove ^a   Viitanen, Matti ^a   Bäckman, Lars ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030907746     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1997.00550150075019     Document Type: Article

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