Leukotomy revisited: Late cognitive and behavioral effects in chronic institutionalized schizophrenics

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-64

  Black, Deborah N ^a,c   Stip, Emmanuel ^a   Bádard, Marc André ^a   Paquette, Isabelle ^a   Bigras, Marie Josée ^a   Kabay, Michel ^b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^b ICSA Laboratories   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic; Cognition; Dementia; Evolution; Executive functions; Frontal; Geriatric; Leukotomy; Lobotomy; Long term; Natural history; Psychosurgery; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0034713217     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(99)00176-0     Document Type: Article

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