Limitations in differentiating vascular dementia from Alzheimer's disease with brief cognitive tests;Limitações em diferenciar demência vascular de doença de Alzheimer através de testes cognitivos breves

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-188

  Matioli, Maria Niures P S ^a,b   Caramelli, Paulo ^b,c  

^a Medicine School of Lusiadas   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Clock drawing test; Delayed recall; Diagnosis; EXIT25; Neuropsychological tests; Vascular dementia; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRAWING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RECALL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77953760557     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2010000200006     Document Type: Article

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