The mental deterioration battery: Normative data, diagnostic reliability and qualitative analyses of cognitive impairment

European Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 378-384

  Carlesimo, G A ^a,b   Caltagirone, C ^a,b   Gainotti, G ^c   Facida, L ^a   Gallassi, R ^d   Lorusso, S ^e   Marfia, G ^a   Marra, C ^c   Nocentini, U ^a   Parnett, L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e Ospedale di Rimini   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Dementia; Differential diagnosis; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 10244255158     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000117297     Document Type: Article

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