The mini-cog, clock drawing test, and the mini-mental state examination in a german memory clinic: Specificity of separation dementia from depression

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-104

  Milian, Monika ^a,b   Leiherr, Anna Maria ^a   Straten, Guido ^a   Mller, Stephan ^a   Leyhe, Thomas ^a   Eschweiler, Gerhard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; dementia; depression; memory clinic; Mini Cog

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLOCK DRAWING TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI COG TEST; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84873048063     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s104161021200141x     Document Type: Article

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