New Alzheimer's disease screening test performs well in UK outpatient settings.
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ED FROM Brown J, Pengas G, Dawson K, et al. Self administered cognitive screening test (TYM) for detection of Alzheimer’s disease: cross sectional study. BMJ 2009;338:b2030. Correspondence to: J Brown, Department of Neurology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK; [email protected] Source of funding: Alzheimer’s Research Trust (UK), Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, Stroke Association. 07_EBMH1003.indd 11 1/19/2010 6:21:28 PM group.bmj.com on December 21, 2017 Published by http://ebmh.bmj.com/ Downloaded from
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Evidence-based mental health
دوره 13 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010