The Cambridge Cognitive Examination (CAMCOG): Validation of the Hebrew version in elderly demented patients

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1006-1013

  Heinik, Jeremia ^a,b   Merner, Perla ^c   Mendel, Anda ^d   Raikher, Boris ^a   Bleich, Avi ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d NESS ZIONA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

CAMCOG; Dementia; Depression; Elderly; Hebrew version; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; RELIABILITY; SENILE DEMENTIA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 0033383936     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199912)14:12<1006::AID-GPS47>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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