The new Qualitative Scoring MMSE Pentagon Test (QSPT) as a valid screening tool between autopsy-confirmed dementia with lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 823-832

  Mitolo, Micaela ^a,b   Salmon, David P ^b   Gardini, Simona ^c   Galasko, Douglas ^b   Grossi, Enzo ^d   Caffarra, Paolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d Villa Santa Maria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; autopsy confirmed; copy of pentagons; dementia with Lewy bodies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE SCORING METHOD FOR THE PENTAGON COPY TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; VERY ELDERLY;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; AUTOPSY-CONFIRMED; COPY OF PENTAGONS; DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84896812038     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-131403     Document Type: Article

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