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The accuracy of the MMSE in detecting cognitive impairment when administered by general practitioners: A prospective observational study

BACKGROUND: The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) has contributed to detecting cognitive impairment, yet few studies have evaluated its accuracy when used by general practitioners (GP) in an actual public-health setting. OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the accuracy of MMSE scores obtained by GPs by comp...

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Autores principales: Pezzotti, Patrizio, Scalmana, Silvia, Mastromattei, Antonio, Di Lallo, Domenico
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2426687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18477390
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-9-29