Distinguishing mild cognitive impairment from healthy aging and Alzheimer's Disease: The contribution of the INECO Frontal Screening (IFS)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2019, Pages

  Moreira, Helena S ^a   Costa, Ana Sofia ^b,c,d   MacHado, Álvaro ^b   Castro, São Luís ^a   Lima, César F ^a,e   Vicente, Selene G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE BRAGA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d JARA Institute Molecular Neuroscience and Neuroimaging   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INECO FRONTAL SCREENING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85072042727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221873     Document Type: Article

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