Verbal working memory impairment in schizophrenia patients and their first-degree relatives: Evidence from the digit span task

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 275-277

  Conklin, Heather M ^b   Curtis, Clayton E ^b   Katsanis, Joanna ^b   Iacono, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0033961936     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.2.275     Document Type: Article

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