Executive (frontal) dysfunction and negative symptoms in schizophrenia: Apparent gender differences in 'static' v. 'progressive' profiles

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 171, Issue AUG., 1997, Pages 154-158

  Scully, Paul J ^a,b   Coakley, Grainne ^a   Kinsella, Anthony ^c   Waddington, John L ^b  

^a St Davnet's Hospital   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030825241     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.171.2.154     Document Type: Article

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