Should older adults be screened for cognitive impairment?

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Borson, Soo ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL; GALANTAMINE; MEMANTINE; RIVASTIGMINE;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MENTAL TEST; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT PLANNING; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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