Screening properties of the German IQCODE with a two-year time frame in MCI and early Alzheimer's disease

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-100

  Ehrensperger, Michael M ^a   Berres, Manfred ^b   Taylor, Kirsten I ^a   Monsch, Andreas U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES KOBLENZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive decline; Dementia screening; Informant report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMANT QUESTIONNAIRE ON COGNITIVE DECLINE IN THE ELDERLY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 75149126684     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209990962     Document Type: Article

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