Assessing the cognitive abilities that differentiate patients with Alzheimer's disease from normals: Single and multiple factor models

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 232-242

  Ownby, Raymond L ^a,b,c   Loewenstein, David A ^a,b   Schram, Lynn ^b   Acevedo, Amarilis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MSMC Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognition disorders; Factor analysis; Memory; Mental abilities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 1642528070     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1056     Document Type: Article

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