Sustained attention deficit and schizotypal personality features in nonpsychotic relatives of schizophrenic patients

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1214-1220

  Chen, Wei J ^b   Liu, Shi K ^b   Chang, Ching Jui ^b   Lien, Ying Ju ^b   Chang, Yu Hui ^b   Hwu, Hai Gwo ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0031708881     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.9.1214     Document Type: Article

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