Standardization of the clinical diagnosis of the dementia syndrome and its subtypes in a cross-national study: The Ni-Hon-Sea experience

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages

  Larson, Eric B ^a,i   McCurry, Susan M ^a   Graves, Amy B ^b   Bowen, James D ^a   Rice, Madeline M ^a   McCormick, Wayne C ^a   Zee, Nancy ^a   Homma, Akira ^c   Imai, Yukimichi ^d   White, Lon ^e   Masaki, Kamal ^e   Petrovitch, Helen ^e   Ross, Webb ^e,f   Yamada, Michiko ^g   Mimori, Yasuyo ^h   Sasaki, Hideo ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^d ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^f Honolulu Veterans Affairs ^*

^g RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^h HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 17644434982     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/53A.4.M313     Document Type: Article

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