Sensitivity and specificity of the 3-item memory test in the assessment of post traumatic amnesia

Brain Injury

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 345-352

  Andriessen, Teuntje M J C ^a   de Jong, Ben ^a   Jacobs, Bram ^a   van der Werf, Sieberen ^a   Vos, Pieter E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Memory test; Post traumatic amnesia; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDICS; POSTTRAUMATIC AMNESIA; RECALL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE PICTURE TEST; THREE WORD TEST; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VERBALIZATION; VISION TEST; VISUAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 67650575982     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050902791414     Document Type: Article

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