Language processing and memory in ill and well siblings from multiplex families affected with schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-52

  Shedlack, Karen ^a   Lee, Gregory ^a   Sakuma, Michael ^a   Xie, Shu Hong ^a   Kushner, Maureen ^a   Pepple, John ^b   Finer, Daniel L ^a   Hoff, Anne L ^c   DeLisi, Lynn E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brockton Vetrans Admin Hospital   (United States)

^c Napa State Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Genetics; Language; Linguistics; Memory; Multiplex family; Schizophrenia; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLING;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC LANGUAGE; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0030916979     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(97)00004-2     Document Type: Article

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