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man gets lost

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drcute
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04/17/07 - 10:23 AM

AN 86-year old man gets lost while trying to go to the grocery store he has been shopping in for the past 15 years.family members have noted he has had increasing memory impairment over the past year.which one of the following is the most specific test for the diagnosis of this condition?
1) orientation
2) registration
3) attention and calculation
4) recall
5) language

girl^interrupted
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04/17/07 - 02:23 PM

I'm confused b/w 1 and 4.

I got this exact qn on my step-1 exam.... choices were the same but given in a different way..

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Justice
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04/17/07 - 08:01 PM

I am really not sure...
Might be (4) recall...

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sandra
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11/18/07 - 12:50 PM

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