Accuracy of clinical operational diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease in relation to different pathological diagnostic protocols

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 219-226

  Nagy, Zsuzsanna ^a,c   Esiri, M M ^b   Hindley, N J ^a   Joachim, C ^a   Morris, J E ^b   King, E M F ^a   McDonald, B ^b   Litchfield, S ^a   Barnetson, L ^a   Jobst, K A ^a   Smith, A D ^a  

^a OPTIMA

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; CERAD; Dementia; Diagnosis; DSM III R; NINCDS ADRDA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOPSY; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; BRAIN DISEASES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MANUALS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOCORTEX; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENILE PLAQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 7144259733     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017050     Document Type: Article

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