Differentiation between dementia and depression among older persons: Can the difference between actual and premorbid intelligence be useful?

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 242-249

  Dierckx, Eva ^a,g   Engelborghs, Sebastiaan ^b,c,d,e   De Raedt, Rudi ^f   Van Buggenhout, Michael ^c,d,e   De Deyn, Peter Paul ^b,c,e   Verleye, Gino ^f   Verte, Dominique ^a   Ponjaert Kristoffersen, Ingrid ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e University College   (Belgium)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Actual intelligence; Alzheimer's disease; Elderly depression; Intellectual decline; Mild cognitive impairment; Premorbid intelligence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 55949086580     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988708324938     Document Type: Article

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