Addenbrooke's cognitive examination (ACE) and its revision (ACE-R)

Cognitive Screening Instruments: A Practical Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 61-77

  Davies, R Rhys ^a   Larner, Andrew J ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination; Cognitive screening; Frontotemporal lobar degenerations; Subscore Alzheimer's disease

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; DIAGNOSIS; SEMANTICS;

ADDENBROOKE'S COGNITIVE EXAMINATION; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; COGNITIVE SCREENINGS; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATIONS; MINI-MENTAL STATE EXAMINATIONS; PARKINSONIAN SYNDROMES; SCREENING PERFORMANCE;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 84888249807     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/9781447124528_4     Document Type: Chapter

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