The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Screening Tool For Mild Cognitive Impairment

@article{Nasreddine2005TheMC,
  title={The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Screening Tool For Mild Cognitive Impairment},
  author={Ziad Samir Nasreddine and Natalie A. Phillips and Val{\'e}rie B{\'e}dirian and Simon Charbonneau and Victor Whitehead and Isabelle Collin and Jeffrey L. Cummings and Howard Chertkow},
  journal={Journal of the American Geriatrics Society},
  year={2005},
  volume={53}
}
OBJECTIVES To develop a 10-minute cognitive screening tool (Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA) to assist first-line physicians in detection of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a clinical state that often progresses to dementia. [] Key MethodDESIGN Validation study. SETTING A community clinic and an academic center.
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