The psychometric differentiation of dementia from normal aging: A meta-analysis.

Meta-analysis was used to identify those tests most useful in the differentiation of demented patients from normal elderly, to identify sources of bias in studies of the issue, and to examine the nature of the cognitive deficits in dementia

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