Using the Frontal Assessment Battery to identify executive function impairments in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A preliminary experience

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 244-247

  Oskarsson, Bjrn ^a   Quan, Dianna ^b   Rollins, Yvonne D ^b   Neville, Hans E ^b   Ringel, Steven P ^b   Arciniegas, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ALS; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cognition disorders; Frontal lobe; Motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL ASSESSMENT BATTERY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77649286074     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482960903059588     Document Type: Article

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