Reliability and validity of an algorithm for the diagnosis of normal cognition, mild cognitive impairment, and Dementia: Implications for multicenter research studies

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-370

  Duara, Ranjan ^a,b,d,e   Loewenstein, David A ^a,b   Greig, Maria ^a   Acevedo, Amarilis ^b   Potter, Elizabeth ^a   Appel, Jason ^c   Raj, Ashok ^d,e   Schinka, John ^d,e,f   Schofield, Elizabeth ^d,e   Barker, Warren ^a   Wu, Yougui ^d,e   Potter, Huntington ^d,e  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Research Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithmic diagnosis; Dementia; Diagnosis; Longitudinal studies; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME; VALIDITY;

EID: 77949530636     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181c534a0     Document Type: Article

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