A rapid screening battery to identify frontal dysfunction in patients with ALS

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2070-2072

  Flaherty Craig, Claire ^a   Eslinger, Paul ^a   Stephens, Beth ^a   Simmons, Zachary ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33845686710     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000247667.89251.43     Document Type: Article

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