Underestimation of cognitive impairments by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in an acute stroke unit population

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 343, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 176-179

  Chan, Edgar ^a   Khan, Sabah ^a   Oliver, Rupert ^a   Gill, Sumanjit K ^b   Werring, David J ^c   Cipolotti, Lisa ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive assessment; MoCA; Neuropsychology; Stroke; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERBAL MEMORY; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STROKE;

EID: 84904256251     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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