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neuropsychologic testing
Indications:
- evaluation of cognitive impairment
Procedure:
1) tests:
a) complex attention
b) information processing speed
c) memory
d) verbal learning & visual learning
e) language
2) can provide information on location of CNS lesion that accounts for cognitive deficit
Specific
consortium to establish a registry for Alzheimer's disease (CERAD)
Halstead-Reitan neuropsychological battery
Luria Nebraska neuropsychological battery
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
neuropsychological battery for dementia evaluation
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
General
cognitive assessment
psychiatric examination
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American
College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, Osterweil et al eds,
McGraw Hill, New York, 2000, pg 99-101
- Malik AB
Neuropsychological Evaluation