Diagnostic accuracy of the MMSE in detecting probable and possible alzheimer's disease in ethnically diverse highly educated individuals: An analysis of the NACC database

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 67 A, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 890-896

  Spering, Cynthia C ^a   Hobson, Valerie ^a   Lucas, John A ^b   Menon, Chloe V ^a   Hall, James R ^c   O'Bryant, Sid E ^c,d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia diagnosis; Ethnicity; Language; Mini Mental State Examination

Indexed keywords

VALERIANA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REGISTER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84866419081     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls006     Document Type: Article

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