The effectiveness and unique contribution of neuropsychological tests and the δ latent phenotype in the differential diagnosis of dementia in the uniform data set

Neuropsychology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 946-960

  John, Samantha E ^a   Gurnani, Ashita S ^a   Bussell, Cara ^a   Saurman, Jessica L ^a   Griffin, Jason W ^a   Gavett, Brandon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Differential diagnosis; Genetic matching algorithm; Latent phenotype ; Neuropsychological tests

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEMORY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84994754039     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/neu0000315     Document Type: Article

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