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Screening for cognitive impairment in systemic lupus erythematosus: Application of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in a Greek patient sample.

Emmanouil PapastefanakisGeorgia DimitrakiGeorgia KtistakiAntonis FanouriakisPenny KaramaounaAchilles BardosIoannis KallitsakisChristina AdamichouIrini GergianakiArgyro RepaGeorge K BertsiasProdromos SidiropoulosEvangelos KarademasPanagiotis Simos
Published in: Lupus (2021)
The MoCA is an easily applied tool, which appears to be reliable for identifying CI in SLE patients. The standard cutoff score (26/30) ensures excellent sensitivity while lower cutoff scores (22-23/30) may, also, provide higher specificity.
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