The GPCOG: A new screening test for dementia designed for general practice

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 530-534

  Brodaty, Henry ^a   Pond, Dimity ^a   Kemp, Nicola M ^a   Luscombe, Georgina ^b   Harding, Louise ^c   Berman, Karen ^d   Huppert, Felicia A ^e  

^a DIVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Australia)

^d College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering ^*  (China)

^e PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Diagnosis; General practice; Primary care; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER ASSESSMENT OF COGNITION; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036121113     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50122.x     Document Type: Article

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