The Mini-Mental State Examination: Pitfalls and limitations

Practical Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 79-80

  Devenney, Emma ^a,b,c   Hodges, John R ^a,d  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; DEMENTIA; HUMANS;

EID: 85010469564     PISSN: 14747758     EISSN: 14747766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2016-001520     Document Type: Note

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