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Reliability and validity of an algorithm for the diagnosis of normal cognition, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia: implications for multicenter research studies.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry - 1 Apr 2010
Duara Ranjan, Loewenstein David A, Greig Maria, Acevedo Amarilis, Potter Elizabeth, Appel Jason, Raj Ashok, Schinka John, Schofield Elizabeth, Barker Warren, Wu Yougui, Potter Huntington
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BACKGROUND: The traditional consensus diagnosis (ConsDx) of normal cognition, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and dementia relies on the reconciliation of an informant-based report of cognitive and functional impairment by a physician diagnosis (PhyDx), and a neuropsychological diagnosis (NPDx). As this procedure may be labor intensive and influenced by the philosophy and biases of a clinician, the diagnostic...
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