No deficit in Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance of schizophrenic patients' first-degree relatives

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 147-151

  Stratta, P ^a   Daneluzzo, E ^b   Mattei, P ^b   Bustini, M ^b   Casacchia, M ^b   Rossi, A ^b  

^a SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

First degree relatives of schizophrenics; Neuropsychology; Schizophrenia; Vulnerability marker; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RELATIVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0030861392     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(97)00047-9     Document Type: Article

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