Comparative accuracies of two common screening instruments for classification of Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, and healthy aging

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 529-537

  Roalf, David R ^a   Moberg, Paul J ^a,b   Xie, Sharon X ^a,b   Wolk, David A ^a,b   Moelter, Stephen T ^c   Arnold, Steven E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Diagnostic accuracy; Mild cognitive impairment; MMSE; MoCA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSORTIUM TO ESTABLISH A REGISTRY OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE NB TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA SEVERITY RATING SCALE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MMSE; MOCA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84883560471     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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