@article{81b6cdf00cb14d259f667ee278f585fb,
title = "The diagnostic utility of savings scores: Differentiating Alzheimer's and Huntington's diseases with the logical memory and visual reproduction tests",
abstract = "Recent research has demonstrated that patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) evidence more rapid forgetting than do patients with Huntington's disease (HD). The present study focused on whether such group differences translated into measures with adequate sensitivity and specificity at different stages of these disorders. It was found that measures of forgetting (i.e., savings scores) based upon the Logical Memory and Visual Reproduction tests of the Wechsler Memory Scale - Revised had satisfactory to excellent sensitivity and specificity in differentiating DAT and HD patients from healthy control subjects. Savings scores also had good sensitivity and specificity in differentiating DAT from HD in the early stages of the diseases. However, unsatisfactory specificity may limit the utility of savings scores in differentiating among patients with moderate DAT and HD.",
author = "Troster, {A. I.} and N. Butters and Salmon, {D. P.} and Cullum, {C. M.} and D. Jacobs and J. Brandt and White, {R. F.}",
note = "Funding Information: Recent research has demonstrated that patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) evidence more rapid forgetting than do patients with Huntington{\textquoteright}s disease (HD). The present study focused on whether such group differences translated into measures with adequate sensitivity and specificity at different stages of * This study was supported in part by funds from the Medical Research Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs, by the NIA grants AG-05131 and AG-08204 to the University of California at San Diego, by NINDS grant NS-16375 to Johns Hopkins University, and by NINDS grant NS-16367 to Boston University. This manuscript is based in part on the first author{\textquoteright}s dissertation submitted to the University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology. The authors thank Dr. R.A. Bornstein for providing data on one patient and Drs. Gerald Rosenbaum, Dean Delis, and Michael Seitz for their helpful comments during the conduct of this study. Address all correspondence to Dr. Alex Troster, Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66160-7314, U.S.A. Accepted for publication: September 25, 1992.",
year = "1993",
doi = "10.1080/01688639308402595",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "15",
pages = "773--788",
journal = "Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology",
issn = "0168-8634",
publisher = "Psychology Press Ltd",
number = "5",
}