Screening for early Alzheimer's disease in elderly Chinese patients using the Chinese clock drawing test

Hong Kong Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Leung, Jimmy C W ^a   Lui, Victor W C ^a   Lam, Linda C W ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TAI PO HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DRAWING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 27744582639     PISSN: 10262121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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