Early Detection of Cognitive Impairment: Do Screening Tests Help?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Cruz Oliver, Dulce M ^a   Morley, John E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL; GALANTAMINE; RIVASTIGMINE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NURSING HOME; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 73249133176     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.10.012     Document Type: Editorial

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