Development and psychometric properties of a neuropsychological battery for mild cognitive impairment with small vessel disease: The VMCI-tuscany study

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1313-1323

  Salvadori, Emilia ^a   Poggesi, Anna ^a   Pracucci, Giovanni ^a   Inzitari, Domenico ^a   Pantoni, Leonardo ^a,b   Abbate, Rosanna ^a   Boddi, Maria ^a   Cesari, Francesca ^a   Ciolli, Laura ^a   Coppo, Mirella ^a   Del Bene, Alessandra ^a   Diciotti, Stefano ^a   Ginestroni, Andrea ^a   Giusti, Betti ^a   Gori, Anna Maria ^a   Marini, Sandro ^a   Mascalchi, Mario ^a   Nannucci, Serena ^a   Pasi, Marco ^a   Pescini, Francesca ^a   Valenti, Raffaella ^a   Bonuccelli, Ubaldo ^c   Cecchi, Paolo ^c   Chiti, Alberto ^c   Cosottini, Mirco ^c   Orlandi, Giovanni ^c   Pagni, Cristina ^c   Siciliano, Gabriele ^c   Tognoni, Gloria ^c   Federico, Antonio ^d   De Stefano, Nicola ^d   Di Donato, Ilaria ^d   Dotti, Maria Teresa ^d   Formichi, Patrizia ^d   Gambetti, Claudia ^d   Giorgio, Antonio ^d   Rossi, Francesca ^d   Stromillo, Laura ^d   Zicari, Enza ^d   Zolo, Paolo ^e   Tiezzi, Alessandro ^e   Bertini, Elisabetta ^f   Brotini, Stefania ^f   Guidi, Leonello ^f   Lombardi, Maria ^f   Mugnai, Stefania ^f   Notarelli, Antonella ^f   Bracco, Laura ^f   Cadelo, Massimo ^f   Cisbani, Renzo ^f   Gabbani, Luciano ^f   Gori, Guido ^f   Lambertucci, Lorella ^f   Massacesi, Luca ^f   Mossello, Enrico ^f   Paganini, Marco ^f   Piccininni, Maristella ^f   Pinto, Francesco ^f   Pozzi, Claudia ^f   Sorbi, Sandro ^f   Zaccara, Gaetano ^f   Borgogni, Tiziano ^f   Mancuso, Mario ^f   Marconi, Roberto ^f   Mazzoni, Monica ^f   Vista, Marco ^f   Meucci, Giuseppe ^f   Bellini, Giovanna ^f   Gabrielli, Luciano ^f   Frittelli, Cristina ^f   Galli, Renato ^f   Gambaccini, Gianna ^f   Bartolini, Stefano ^f   Biagini, Carlo ^f   Caleri, Veronica ^f   Vanni, Paola ^f   Calvani, Donatella ^f   Giorgi, Carla ^f   Magnolfi, Stefano ^f   Palumbo, Pasquale ^f   Valente, Carlo ^f   Rossi, Alessandro ^f   Tassi, Rossana ^f   Boschi, Stefania ^f   Baldacci, Filippo ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e Tuscany Region   (Italy)

^f NONE   (Italy)

^g Cardiology Unit Hospital of Viareggio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive assessment; confirmatory factor analysis; neuropsychology; psychometric properties; small vessel disease; subcortical ischemic vascular disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84919932585     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-141449     Document Type: Article

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