Clinical Applicability and Cutoff Values for an Unstructured Neuropsychological Assessment Protocol for Older Adults with Low Formal Education

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Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  de Paula, Jonas Jardim ^a   Bertola, Laiss ^a   Ávila, Rafaela Teixeira ^a   Moreira, Lafaiete ^a   Coutinho, Gabriel ^b,c   de Moraes, Edgar Nunes ^a   Bicalho, Maria Aparecida Camargos ^a   Nicolato, Rodrigo ^a   Diniz, Breno Satler ^a   Malloy Diniz, Leandro Fernandes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b D OR INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IDOR   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUOSPATIAL ABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884191992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073167     Document Type: Article

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