Detecting dementia with the mini-mental state examination in highly educated individuals

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 963-967

  O'Bryant, Sid E ^a   Humphreys, Joy D ^b   Smith, Glenn E ^c   Ivnik, Robert J ^c   Graff Radford, Neill R ^d   Petersen, Ronald C ^c   Lucas, John A ^d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47549118336     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.65.7.963     Document Type: Article

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