The 10-word learning task in the differential diagnosis of early Alzheimer's disease and elderly depression: A cross-sectional pilot study

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-121

  Dierckx, Eva ^a   Engelborghs, Sebastiaan ^b,c,d,g   De Raedt, Rudi ^e   De Deyn, Peter Paul ^b,c,d   D'Haenens, Ellen ^a,f   Verté, Dominique ^a   Ponjaert Kristoffersen, Ingrid ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

delayed recall; dementia; elderly depression; memory; recognition; serial verbal learning test

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PILOT STUDY; RECOGNITION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PILOT PROJECTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79251613869     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.505228     Document Type: Article

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