Mini-mental state examination is sensitive to brain atrophy in alzheimer's disease

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 252-258

  Fjell, A M ^a,b   Amlien, I K ^a   Westlye, L T ^a   Walhovd, K B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brain atrophy; Hippocampus; Mini Mental State Examination; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 70349432796     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000241878     Document Type: Article

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