Semantic dysfunction in women with schizotypal personality disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1767-1774

  Niznikiewicz, Margaret A ^a   Shenton, Martha E ^a   Voglmaier, Martina ^a   Nestor, Paul G ^a   Dickey, Chandlee C ^a   Frumin, Melissa ^a   Seidman, Larry J ^a   Allen, Christopher G ^a   McCarley, Robert W ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEMANTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; READING; SCHIZOPHRENIC LANGUAGE; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036787458     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.10.1767     Document Type: Article

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