Early detection of Alzheimer's disease using the Cambridge Cognitive Examination (CAMCOG)

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 619-627

  Schmand, Ben ^a   Walstra, G ^b   Lindeboom, J ^b   Teunisse, S ^b   Jonker, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCREENING; THEORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034047907     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291799002068     Document Type: Article

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