Cognitive impairment in elderly schizophrenia: A dementia (still) lacking distinctive histopathology

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-9

  Arnold, Steven E ^a,b   Trojanowski, John Q ^c  

^a 142 Clinical Research Bldg   (United States)

^b Depts of Psychiatry and Neurology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CATARACT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE DEGENERATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0029881688     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/22.1.5     Document Type: Review

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