Clinical evaluation of early cognitive symptoms

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 791-807

  McCarten, J Riley ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Cognitive; Dementia; Executive; Memory

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ILLICIT DRUG; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; OPIATE; THYROTROPIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DELUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSONALITY DISORDER; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL LIFE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

ALZHEIMER; COGNITIVE; DEMENTIA; EXECUTIVE; MEMORY;

AGED; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84884763154     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2013.07.005     Document Type: Review

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