The Clock Reading Test: Validation of an instrument for the diagnosis of dementia and disorders of visuo-spatial cognition

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 307-321

  Schmidtke, Klaus ^a   Olbrich, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Clock Drawing Test; Dementia; Diagnosis; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLOCK READING TEST; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; READING; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33847772689     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161020600456X     Document Type: Article

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