Clock Drawing Test and the diagnosis of amnestic mild cognitive impairment: Can more detailed scoring systems do the work?

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1076-1083

  Rubínová, Eva ^a   Nikolai, Tomáš ^a,b   Marková, Hana ^a   Šiffelová, Kamila ^c   Laczó, Jan ^a,b   Hort, Jakub ^a,b   Vyhnálek, Martin ^a,b  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amnestic mild cognitive impairment; Clock Drawing Test; Combination of scores; Mini Mental State Examination; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926181023     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2014.977233     Document Type: Article

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