Differentiation of dementia with Lewy bodies from Alzheimer disease using the Frontal Assessment Battery test

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1034-1035

  Hanyu, Haruo ^a   Sato, Tomohiko ^a   Kume, Kazumasa ^a   Takada, Yusuke ^a   Onuma, Takeshi ^a   Iwamoto, Toshihiko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTAL ASSESSMENT BATTERY TEST; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 70350787378     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2219     Document Type: Letter

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