Administration and interpretation of the Trail Making Test

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2277-2281

  Bowie, Christopher R ^a   Harvey, Philip D ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; TRAIL MAKING TEST;

EID: 34250686471     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.390     Document Type: Article

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