Can an 18-point clock-drawing scoring system predict dementia in elderly individuals with mild cognitive impairment?

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-186

  Babins, Lennie ^a,b,c   Slater, Marie Eve ^a   Whitehead, Victor ^a   Chertkow, Howard ^a,b,c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38349115981     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390701336411     Document Type: Article

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