Correlation between a reduction in Frontal Assessment Battery scores and delusional thoughts in patients with Alzheimer's disease: Regular article

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 449-454

  Nagata, Tomoyuki ^a   Ishii, Kazuhiro ^a   Ito, Tatsuhiko ^b   Aoki, Kimiyoshi ^a   Ehara, Yoshito ^a   Kada, Hidehiro ^a   Furukawa, Haruko ^a   Tsumura, Maki ^a   Shinagawa, Shunichiro ^b   Kasahara, Hiroo ^a   Nakayama, Kazuhiko ^b  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Delusional ideation; Frontal Assessment Battery; Misidentification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FRONTAL ASSESSMENT BATTERY SCORE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 68149096663     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.01968.x     Document Type: Article

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