[FAB: a preliminar Spanish application of the frontal assessment battery to 11 groups of patients].
BACKGROUND
We consider in this paper the applicability of the FAB in Spain, a battery at bedside devised to assess frontal lobe function and able to identify a dysexecutive syndrome, which takes few minutes to administer, and useful for neuropsychological diagnosis in diseases involving frontal lobe dysfunctions.


METHODS
We study dual application of FAB and Folstein s MMSE to 195 subjects belonging to 11 subgroups (controls, neurodegenerative disorders and psychiatric conditions), and they were related to: cortical/subcortical normality, cortical/subcortical cognitive impairment, or cortical/subcortical dementia.


METHODS
mean, standard deviation, U test (p< 0.05) and Pearson s correlation index.


CONCLUSIONS
Data suggest FAB reflects in Spanish environment the reality of frontosubcortical deterioration in studied groups. FAB and MMSE showed a variable grade of positive lineal correlation in different diseases.
Rodriguez del Alamo
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Consulta de Neuropsicología, Clinica Sierra, Guadarrama, España. alfredodelalamo@navegalia.com
Catalán Alonso
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Carrasco Marín
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D013030:Spain; D013223:Statistics as Topic