Does the combination of the MMSE and clock drawing test (mini-clock) improve the detection of mild Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment?

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 889-896

  Cacho, Jesús ^a   Benito León, Julián ^b,c   García García, Ricardo ^d   Fernández Calvo, Bernardino ^e   Vicente Villardón, José Luis ^a   Mitchell, Alex J ^f  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; diagnosis; screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLOCK DRAWING TEST; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 78650644860     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2010-101182     Document Type: Article

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