A comparison of three measures of estimating premorbid intellectual level in dementia of the Alzheimer type

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 727-730

  Law, Roslyn ^a   O'Carroll, Ronan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; CCRT; Cognitive; Dementia; Intelligence; NART; Neuropsychology; Premorbid; STW

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; READING; SPEECH ARTICULATION; STATISTICS; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031721558     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(1998100)13:10<727::AID-GPS851>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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