Reliability and validity of the Tinkertoy test in evaluating individuals with Alzheimer's disease

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 325-329

  Koss, Elisabeth ^a,b,c   Patterson, Marian B ^a,b,c   Mack, James L ^a,b   Smyth, Kathleen A ^a,c   Whitehouse, Peter J ^a,b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032435047     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/clin.12.3.325.1987     Document Type: Article

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