Reducing false positive diagnoses in mild cognitive impairment: The importance of comprehensive neuropsychological assessment

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1330-e83

  Klekociuk, S Z ^a   Summers, J J ^a,b   Vickers, J C ^a   Summers, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Diagnosis; Mild cognitive impairment; Neuropsychology; Recovery; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EPISODIC MEMORY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SEMANTIC MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84908700820     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12488     Document Type: Article

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