The four-point scoring system for the Clock Drawing Test does not differentiate between Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia

Psychological Reports

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 941-948

  Wiechmann, April R ^a   Hall, James R ^a   O'bryant, Sid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECALL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 77956206341     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.106.3.941-948     Document Type: Article

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