At Issue: Assessment of Schizophrenia: Getting Closer to the Cause

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 405-411

  Conklin, Heather M ^a   Iacono, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Diathesis; Endophenotype; Etiology; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EYE TRACKING; FAMILY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0242301054     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a007015     Document Type: Review

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