Cognitive changes in schizophrenia - A critical look

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 449-458

  Gur, Ruben C ^a   Ragland, J Daniel ^a   Gur, Raquel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING; MEMORY; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030711629     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540269775312     Document Type: Review

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