SPET study of verbal fluency in schizophrenia and epilepsy

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 173, Issue JULY, 1998, Pages 69-74

  Mellers, J D C ^a   Adachi, N ^b   Takei, N ^c   Cluckie, A ^b   Toone, B K ^b   Lishman, W A ^c  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031808545     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.173.1.69     Document Type: Article

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