A receptive language deficit in schizophrenic thought disorder: Evidence for impaired semantic access and monitoring

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-105

  Laws, Keith R ^a   Kondel, Tejinder K ^b   McKenna, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FULBOURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0242560823     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135468099395981     Document Type: Article

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