Psychopathology and Wisconsin card sorting test performance in young unmedicated schizophrenic patients

Psychopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-18

  Parellada, Eduard ^a   Catarineu, S ^b   Catafau, A ^b   Bernardo, M ^b   Lomena F ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Neuropsychological deficit in schizophrenics; Schizophrenia; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033970850     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029113     Document Type: Article

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