Cognitive and functional dementia assessment tools: Review of Brazilian literature

Abstract The diagnosis of dementia is based on cognitive and functional evaluation. One of the difficulties in ascertaining the number of people with dementia in developing countries is the population's lack of formal education. Independent effects of age, sex and education have been identified...

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Main Authors: Luciano Góis Vasconcelos, Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki, Orlando Francisco Amodeo Bueno
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=S1980-57642007000100018&lng=en&tlng=en