Neuropsychological assessment of young people at high genetic risk for developing schizophrenia compared with controls: Preliminary findings of the Edinburgh High Risk Study (EHRS)

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1161-1173

  Byrne, Majella ^a   Hodges, A ^b   Grant, E ^b   Owens, D C ^b   Johnstone, E C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; RECALL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPEECH THERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0032883685     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291799001002     Document Type: Article

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