Is the Frontal Assessment Battery reliable in ALS patients?

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-74

  Raaphorst, Joost ^a   Beeldman, Emma ^a   Jaeger, Bregje ^a   Schmand, Ben ^b   Van Den Berg, Leonard H ^c   Weikamp, Janneke G ^d   Schelhaas, H Jurgen ^e   De Visser, Marianne ^a   De Haan, Rob J ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dementia; FAB; Frontal dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL ASSESSMENT BATTERY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84875269783     PISSN: 21678421     EISSN: 21679223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482968.2012.712974     Document Type: Article

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