The French Addenbrooke's cognitive examination is effective in detecting dementia in a french-speaking population

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-17

  Bier, J C ^a   Donckels, V ^a   Van Eyll, E ^a   Claes, T ^a   Slama, H ^a   Fery, P ^a   Vokaera, M ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination; Dementia; French speaking population; MMSE

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EVALUATION; FRANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 10844224359     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080965     Document Type: Article

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