Neuropsychologists' abilities to determine the predictive value of diagnostic tests

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-175

  Labarge, Andrew S ^a,c   McCaffrey, Robert J ^a   Brown, Timothy A ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Neuropsychological assessment; Predictive value

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDUCATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; ORGANIZATION; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIST; SCIENCE;

EID: 0037365135     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6177(01)00193-7     Document Type: Article

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