The neuropsychological profiles of mild Alzheimer's disease and questionable dementia as compared to age-related cognitive decline

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 720-732

  Caccappolo Van Vliet, Elise ^a   Manly, Jennifer ^a,b   Tang, Ming Xin ^a,b   Marder, Karen ^a,b   Bell, Karen ^a,b   Stern, Yaakov ^a,b  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b Columbia Univ Col Physicians/Surg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Age related cognitive decline; Alzheimer's disease; Neuropsychological testing; Questionable dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RECALL; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0038720395     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617703950053     Document Type: Article

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