FAB-D: German version of the Frontal Assessment Battery

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 260, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2066-2072

  Benke, Thomas ^a   Karner, Elfriede ^a   Delazer, Margarete ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dysexecutive syndrome; FAB D; Frontal Assessment Battery; Normal aging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL ASSESSMENT BATTERY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL ARITHMETIC; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84881549163     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-013-6929-8     Document Type: Article

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