Cognitive assessment in proximity to acute ischemic stroke/transient ischemic attack: Comparison of the Montreal cognitive assessment test and mindstreams computerized cognitive assessment battery

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 36-42

  Shopin, L ^a   Shenhar Tsarfaty, S ^a   Ben Assayag, E ^a   Hallevi, H ^a   Korczyn, A D ^a   Bornstein, N M ^a   Auriel, E ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Computerized cognitive assessment battery; MindStreams; Montreal Cognitive Assessment; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MINDSTREAMS COMPUTERIZED COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT BATTERY; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTSTROKE COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; ATTENTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 84878080114     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350035     Document Type: Article

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