Effectiveness of Montreal Cognitive Assessment for the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 616-619

  Ng, Amanda ^a   Chew, Ivane ^a   Narasimhalu, Kaavya ^b   Kandiah, Nagaendran ^a,b  

^a National Neuroscience Institute   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dementia; Mild Alzheimer's disease; Mild cognitive impairment; Neuropsychological assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE COURSE; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84887922201     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2013220     Document Type: Article

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