Inter-rater reliability of the diagnosis of vascular cognitive impairment at a memory clinic

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 186-193

  Wentzel, Carolyn ^a   Darvesh, Sultan ^a   MacKnight, Chris ^a   Shea, Catherine ^a   Rockwood, Kenneth ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consensus; Dementia; Diagnosis; Vascular cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MEMORY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0033918730     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026254     Document Type: Article

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