The MEAMS (Middlesex Elderly Assessment of Mental State) is a relatively new scale specifically developed to detect intellectual impairment secondary to organic brain dysfunction in the elderly. In this study the MEAMS was compared with the MMSE (Mini-Mental State Examination), a widely known and co
Simplifying Detection of Cognitive Impairment: Comparison of the Mini-Cog and Mini-Mental State Examination in a Multiethnic Sample
β Scribed by Soo Borson; James M. Scanlan; Jill Watanabe; Shin-Ping Tu; Mary Lessig
- Book ID
- 109128904
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 79 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-8614
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