Mini-Mental State Examination subscores indicate visuomotor deficits in Alzheimer's disease patients: A cross-sectional study in a Dutch population

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 880-885

  de Boer, Casper ^a   Mattace Raso, Francesco ^a   van der Steen, Johannes ^a   Pel, Johan J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Diagnosis; Memory; Mini Mental State Examination; Visuomotor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DUTCHMAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERLOCKING PENTAGON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL TASK; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84922643567     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12183     Document Type: Article

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