Category fluency in first-episode schizophrenia

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 384-393

  Giovannetti, Tania ^a   Goldstein, Rita Z ^b   Schullery, Matthew ^c   Barr, William B ^d   Bilder, Robert M ^e  

^a MOSS REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Widner University   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal word list generation; Category fluency; First episode schizophrenia; Schizophrenia; Semantic knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN INJURY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037352508     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617703930049     Document Type: Review

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