neuropsychologic testing

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Indications

Procedure

  • tests:
    • complex attention
    • information processing speed
    • memory
    • verbal learning & visual learning
    • language
  • can provide information on location of CNS lesion that accounts for cognitive deficit

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References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
  2. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, Osterweil et al eds, McGraw Hill, New York, 2000, pg 99-101
  3. Malik AB Neuropsychological Evaluation