Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 207-216 , March 2010

Normative data for the Tygerberg Cognitive Battery and Mini-Mental Status Examination in a South African population

  • Annerine Roos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +27 21 938 9756; fax: +27 21 933 5790.
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  • Dorothy Calata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa
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  • Liesl Jonkers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa
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  • Stephan J. Maritz

      Affiliations

    • Medical Research Council of SA, Biostatistics Unit, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa
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  • Martin Kidd

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland 7602, South Africa
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  • Willie M.U. Daniels

      Affiliations

    • Discipline of Physiology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4000, South Africa
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  • Frans J. Hugo

      Affiliations

    • Armadale Health Services, Department of Health, Armadale, WA 6112, Australia

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.03.007

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 207-216 , March 2010

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