The assessment of cognition in visually impaired older adults

Age and Ageing

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 98-102

  Killen, Alison ^a   Firbank, Michael J ^a   Collerton, Daniel ^a   Clarke, Michael ^a   Jefferis, Joanna Mary ^a   Taylor, John Paul ^a   Mckeith, Ian G ^a   Mosimann, Urs Peter ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Cognitive testing; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84871319272     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs157     Document Type: Article

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