Frontal Behavioural Inventory in the differential diagnosis of dementia

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 260-265

  Milan, G ^a,b   Lamenza, F ^c   Iavarone, A ^d   Galeone, F ^b   Lore E ^a   De Falco, C ^a   Sorrentino, P ^b   Postiglione, A ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ASL Napoli 1   (Italy)

^c General Hospital   (Italy)

^d CTO Hospital   (Italy)

^e Istituto di Diagnosi e Cura Hermitage Capodimonte   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Behavior; Frontotemporal dementia; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PSYCHOMETRY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 40549125941     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00934.x     Document Type: Article

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