Can clock drawing test help to differentiate between dementia of the Alzheimer's type and vascular dementia? A preliminary study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 699-703

  Heinik, Jeremia ^a,b   Solomesh, Isaac ^a   Raikher, Boris ^a   Lin, Ruth ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's type; Clock drawing; Dementia; Differentiation; Executive function; Vascular

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRAWING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0036054885     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.678     Document Type: Article

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