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Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination
Aka: Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination
- See Also
- Mental Status Screening
- Background
- Mental Status Examination developed at Cambridge
- Indications: Dementia Evaluation
- Differentiates Alzheimer's from other Dementias
- Detect early Dementia
- Efficacy
- More sensitive and specific than MMSE
- Detects Dementia earlier than MMSE
- Components (Bedside test given in 15 to 20 minutes)
- Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE)
- Orientation
- Attention
- Memory
- Verbal fluency
- Language
- Visuospatial ability
- References
- Mathuranath (2000) Neurology 55:1613-20 [PubMed]