'Yes' ifs, ands or buts. Examining performance and correlates of the repetition task in the Mini-Mental State Examination

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 719-725

  Werner, Perla ^a   Heinik, Jeremia ^b   Ruth, Lin ^b   Bleich, Avi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cognitive test; MMSE; Repetition task; Translation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 0032870529     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199909)14:9<719::AID-GPS2>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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