Measuring impairments in memory and executive function in older people using the revised Cambridge cognitive examination

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 793-801

  Kessels, Roy P C ^a,b   Mimpen, Gerdy ^b   Melis, René ^a   Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CAMCOG R; Cognitive screening; Dementia; Executive function; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDITY;

EID: 69449085865     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181b047c8     Document Type: Article

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