The Dementia Rating Scale (DRS) in the diagnosis of vascular dementia

Abstract The Dementia Rating Scale (DRS) is considered a very useful instrument to assess patients with dementia. The tasks are grouped into five subscales, each one evaluating different cognitive areas, namely: Attention, Initiation/Perseveration (I/P), Construction, Conceptualization and Memory. O...

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Main Authors: Cláudia Sellitto Porto, Paulo Caramelli, Ricardo Nitrini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642007000300282&lng=en&tlng=en