Cognitive screening test in primary care
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How to choose the most appropriate cognitive test to evaluate cognitive complaints in primary care
BACKGROUND Despite the wealth of research devoted to the performance of individual cognitive tests for diagnosing cognitive impairment (including mild cognitive impairment and dementia), it can be difficult for general practitioners to choose the most appropriate test for a patient with cognitive complaints in daily practice. In this paper we present a diagnostic algorithm for the evaluation of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista de Saúde Pública
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1518-8787,0034-8910
DOI: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2018052000462