Utility of the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination - Revised for the diagnosis of dementia syndromes

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 113-118

  Terpening, Zoe ^a   Cordato, Nicholas J ^a   Hepner, Ilana J ^b   Lucas, Sara K ^c   Lindley, Richard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dementia; Neuropsychology; Older Australian

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME;

EID: 79951864721     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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