Detecting prodromal Alzheimer's disease in mild cognitive impairment: Utility of the CAMCOG and other neuropsychological predictors

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1280-1287

  Gallagher, Damien ^a   Mhaolain, Aine Ni ^a   Coen, Robert ^a   Walsh, Cathal ^b   Kilroy, Dana ^a   Belinski, Kate ^a   Bruce, Irene ^a   Coakley, Davis ^a   Walsh, J B ^a   Cunningham, Conal ^a   Lawlor, Brian A ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; episodic memory; mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAMBRIDGE COGNITIVE EXAMINATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; RECALL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AREA UNDER CURVE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78649675150     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2480     Document Type: Article

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