Cognitive functioning in late-life schizophrenia: A comparison of elderly schizophrenic patients and patients with Alzheimer's disease

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1274-1279

  Davidson, Michael ^b   Harvey, Philip ^a   Welsh, Kathleen A ^b   Powchik, Peter ^b   Putnam, Katherine M ^b   Mohs, Richard C ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0029829647     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.10.1274     Document Type: Article

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