The clinical diagnosis of vascular dementia: A comparison among four classification systems and a proposal for a new paradigm

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-21

  Cosentino, Stephanie A ^a,b   Jefferson, Angela Lee ^b   Carey, Marissa ^b   Price, Catherine C ^c   Davis Garrett, Kelly ^d   Swenson, Rod ^e   Libon, David J ^f  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Southeast Campus   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT CARE; RECOGNITION; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4444351448     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040490507118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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