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.. _moca:

Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
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History and guide
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Original: Nasreddine et al. (2005), https://www.pubmed.gov/15817019.

In a study of normal controls, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild
Alzheimer's disease (AlzD), a MoCA score of <26 had 90% sensitivity for MCI,
100% sensitivity for AlzD, and a specificity of 87% (Nasreddine et al. 2005).

Source
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http://www.mocatest.org

Intellectual property rights
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Reproducible without permission for non-commercial clinical/educational use.

Permission required for research or commercial use.

As per http://www.mocatest.org/permission.asp, accessed 2012-09-13.
