Brief cognitive battery in the diagnosis of mild Alzheimer's disease in subjects with medium and high levels of education

Abstract There has been an increasing trend to utilize short cognitive batteries for the diagnosis of dementia. Most of these batteries have been designed in countries with high standards of education and are less suitable for populations with low levels of education. We developed a battery that has...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Nitrini, Paulo Caramelli, Claudia Sellitto Porto, Helenice Charchat-Fichman, Ana Paula Formigoni, Maria Teresa Carthery-Goulart, Carla Otero, João Carlos Prandini
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=S1980-57642007000100032&lng=en&tlng=en