The Cambridge Cognitive Examination (CAMCOG): A validation study in outpatients suffering from dementia and non-demented elderly subjects (including Age Associated Cognitive Decline patients) in Greece

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 269-276

  Tsolaki, Magda ^a   Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N ^a   Chantzi, Helen ^a   Kazis, Aristides ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0033779357     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153331750001500513     Document Type: Article

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