Validity of a novel computerized cognitive battery for mild cognitive impairment

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-12

  Dwolatzky, Tzvi ^a   Whitehead, Victor ^b   Doniger, Glen M ^c   Simon, Ely S ^c   Schweiger, Avraham ^d   Jaffe, Dena ^e   Chertkow, Howard ^b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NeuroTrax Corporation   (United States)

^d ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERBAL MEMORY; VERBALIZATION; VISION TEST;

EID: 2542455287     PISSN: 14712318     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-3-4     Document Type: Article

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