Sentences written during the Mini-Mental State Examination: content and diagnostic value in cognitively healthy elderly people and patients with dementia.

نویسندگان

  • Alexander Rösler
  • Victoria Fickenscher
  • Wolfang von Renteln-Kruse
  • Jutta Billino
چکیده

Financial Disclosure: None of the authors had any financial conflicts. Author Contributions: Tatsuya Suzuki contributed toward study concept and design, acquisition of subjects and/ or data, analysis and interpretation of the data, and preparation of manuscript. Shoko Futami, Yoshimasa Igari, Noriaki Matsumura, Kentaro Watanabe, Hiroshi Nakano, Kenzo Oba, Yuichi Murata, Hitoshi Koibuchi, and Yoshiaki Kigawa all equally contributed to the acquisition of subjects, data, or both and to analysis and interpretation of the data. Sponsor’s Role: None.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

دوره 53 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005