The Frontal Systems Behavior Scale discriminates frontotemporal dementia from Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 200-203

  Malloy, Paul ^a   Tremont, Geoffrey ^a   Grace, Janet ^a   Frakey, Laura ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Frontal lobes; Frontotemporal dementia; Neuropsychological assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 34249695517     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2007.04.374     Document Type: Article

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