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. 1999 Oct 30;354(9189):1527-8.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03486-8.

Should the Mini Mental State Examination be used to monitor dementia treatments?

P Bowie, T Branton, J Holmes

Should the Mini Mental State Examination be used to monitor dementia treatments?

P Bowie et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

The test-retest and inter-rater reliabilities of the Mini Mental State Examination were found inadequate for detecting small changes in cognition, making this test inappropriate for assessing treatment response in Alzheimer's disease.

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    Byrne L, Bucks RS, Wilcock GK. Byrne L, et al. Lancet. 2000 Jan 22;355(9200):314-5. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)72308-4. Lancet. 2000. PMID: 10675093 No abstract available.