Neuropsychological differences between schizophrenic patients with heterogeneous Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-18

  Goldstein, Gerald ^a,b   Beers, Sue R ^a,b   Shemansky, Wendy J ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Heterogeneity in schizophrenia; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030608073     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-9964(96)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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