Neuropsychological functioning among the elderly nonpsychotic relatives of schizophrenic patients

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-31

  Faraone, Stephen V ^a,b,c   Seidman, Larry J ^a,c   Kremen, William S ^a,c   Toomey, Rosemary ^a,c,d   Lyons, Michael J ^a,c,d   Tsuang, Ming T ^a,c,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Harvard Inst Psychiat E/G   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Genetics; Neuropsychology; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENOTYPE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0030608061     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-9964(96)00020-5     Document Type: Article

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