Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 316, Issue 1 , Pages 137-140 , 15 May 2012

Mini-Mental State Examination versus Montreal Cognitive Assessment: Rapid assessment tools for cognitive and functional outcome after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

  • Tom A. Schweizer

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Labatt Family Centre of Excellence in Brain Injury and Trauma Research, Keenan Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario Centre for Stroke Recovery, Toronto, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 1W8. Tel.: +1 416 864 5504; fax: +1 416 864 5857.
    • ,
  • Timour Al-Khindi

      Affiliations

    • Labatt Family Centre of Excellence in Brain Injury and Trauma Research, Keenan Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • R. Loch Macdonald

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Labatt Family Centre of Excellence in Brain Injury and Trauma Research, Keenan Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Received 7 October 2011 ,Revised 21 December 2011 ,Accepted 4 January 2012.

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PII: S0022-510X(12)00004-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2012.01.003

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 316, Issue 1 , Pages 137-140 , 15 May 2012

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