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Intersecting pentagons as surrogate for identifying the use of mini mental state examination in assessment of dementia in a largely illiterate population
BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE: The mini-mental state evaluation (MMSE) is often used to identify patients with dementia. One component of the MMSE is the intersecting pentagon copying (IPC) test, which may be difficult to be used in an illiterate population. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A post hoc analysis on...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4943373/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26440395 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0022-3859.166513 |