Validation of the language component of the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination - Revised (ACE-R) as a screening tool for aphasia in stroke patients

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 156-158

  Gaber, Tarek A Z K ^a   Parsons, Faye ^b   Gautam, Vidushi ^a  

^a Leigh Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^b Wigan and Leigh Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination; Aphasia screening; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APHASIA; COGNITION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 80052961651     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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