The Frontal Assessment Battery is a brief tool that can be used at the bedside or in a clinic setting to assist in discriminating between dementias with a frontal dysexecutive phenotype and Dementia of Alzheimer’s Type (DAT). The FAB has validity in distinguishing Fronto-temporal type dementia from DAT in mildly demented patients (MMSE > 24). Total score is from a maximum of 18, higher scores indicating better performance.

Slachevsky: Frontal Assessment Battery and Differential Diagnosis of Frontotemporal Dementia and Alzheimer Disease.  Arch Neurol. 2004;61:1104-1107