Comparison of the Short Test of Mental Status and the Mini-Mental State Examination in Mild Cognitive Impairment
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- 1 December 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology
- Vol. 60 (12), 1777-1781
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.60.12.1777
Abstract
MILD COGNITIVE impairment (MCI) has taken on increasing clinical importance because it is a precursor of dementia.1 The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)2 is currently the mainstay of bedside mental status examinations, but it has limitations,3-5 especially for detecting MCI.Keywords
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