Diagnostic accuracy statistics for seven neuropsychological assessment battery (NAB) test variables in the diagnosis of alzheimer's disease

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 108-115

  Gavett, Brandon E ^a   Lou, Katherine R ^b   Daneshvar, Daniel H ^b   Green, Robert C ^b   Jefferson, Angela L ^b   Stern, Robert A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Psychological Assessment Resources Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; diagnosis; memory; tests

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY; VISION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84861937298     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09084282.2011.643947     Document Type: Article

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