Performance of three clock scoring systems across different ranges of dementia severity

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 119-127

  Connor, Donald J ^a   Seward, James D ^a   Bauer, Josef A ^b   Golden, Kimberly S ^b   Salmon, David P ^b  

^a SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Animal fluency; Clock drawing; Dementia; MMSE; Screening test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOCK DRAWING TEST; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 27544513977     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wad.0000174948.77113.a6     Document Type: Article

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