Dementia=(MC) 2: A 4-item screening test for mild cognitive impairment and dementia

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 220-224

  Douglas, Vanja C ^a   Neuhaus, John ^a   Johnson, Julene K ^a   Racine, Caroline A ^a   Miller, Bruce L ^a   Josephson, Scott Andrew ^a  

^a UCSF Department of Neurology   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia; diagnosis; mild cognitive impairment; screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 80052260242     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e31820bd36e     Document Type: Article

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