Validation of the 7-minute screen for the detection of early-stage Alzheimer's disease

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 248-255

  Ijuin, Mutsuo ^a   Homma, Akira ^a   Mimura, Masaru ^b   Kitamura, Shin ^e   Kawai, Yoshiko ^c   Imai, Yukimichi ^d   Gondo, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Tsurukawa Sanatorium Hospital   (Japan)

^d The Japan University of Social Work   (Japan)

^e NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL MUSASHI KOSUGI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

7 Minute Screen; Alzheimer's disease, early diagnosis; Screening test

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVEN MINUTE SCREEN; SEX RATIO; VALIDITY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40549121586     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000115972     Document Type: Article

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