What type of tests should be used for the patient

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When faced with a patient with suspected cognitive impairment, we must be able to make a differential diagnosis between dementia and non-dementia (depression, delirium, MCI), as well as differentiate between the decline normally associated with age and cognitive deterioration. What type of tests should be used for this patient?

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