The frontal assessment battery in the differential diagnosis of dementia

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 201-207

  Boban, Marina ^a   Malojčić, Branko ^a   Mimica, Ninoslav ^a,b   Vuković, Sunčica ^a   Zrilić, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Psychiatric Hospital Vrap e   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; executive function; frontal assessment battery; frontotemporal dementia; vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL ASSESSMENT BATTERY; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBCORTICAL VASCULAR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84872336821     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988712464821     Document Type: Article

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