Reliability and validity of the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System: An update

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 301-303

  Delis, Dean C ^a,e   Kramer, Joel H ^b   Kaplan, Edith ^c,f   Holdnack, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d The Psychological Corporation   (United States)

^e VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f Suffolk University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEMORY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL FUNCTION; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUBLISHING; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 1842433796     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617704102191     Document Type: Letter

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