Beyond Screening: Can the Mini-Mental State Examination be Used as an Exclusion Tool in a Memory Clinic?

This study explores whether the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) could reliably exclude definite dementia and dementia-free cases from requiring more extensive neuropsychological investigations in memory clinic settings in Singapore. Patients with memory complaints referred for possible dementia...

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Published in:	Diagnostics
Main Authors:	Xin Xu, Eddie Chong, Saima Hilal, Mohammad Kamran Ikram, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, Christopher Chen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2015-11-01
Subjects:	dementia cognitive assessment Mini-Mental State Examination memory clinic
Online Access:	http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/5/4/475