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Brief cognitive exams frequently misdiagnose dementia
« on: December 02, 2018, 03:44:39 pm »
Brief tests for dementia are giving inaccurate results too often to be trustworthy, according to this brief article in NEJM Journal Watch (November 29, 2018):


https://www.jwatch.org/fw114814/2018/11/29/brief-cognitive-exams-commonly-misdiagnose-dementia?query=pfwRSTOC&jwd=000100983645&jspc=
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