Clock drawing test ratings by dementia specialists: Interrater reliability and diagnostic accuracy

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-92

  Nair, Anil K ^a   Gavett, Brandon E ^a   Damman, Moniek ^a   Dekker, Welmoed ^a   Green, Robert C ^a   Mandel, Alan ^a   Auerbach, Sanford ^a   Steinberg, Eric ^a   Hubbard, Emily J ^a   Jefferson, Angela ^a   Stern, Robert A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLOCK DRAWING TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 76749143793     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2010.22.1.85     Document Type: Article

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