Semantic verbal fluency deficit as a familial trait marker in schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-148

  Chen, Yuk Lun Ronald ^a   Yu Hai Eric, ^a   Chen, ^a   Mak Felice, ^a   Lieh, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Discordant siblings; Genetics; Neurocognitive dysfunction; Phenotypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; SIBLING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0343007392     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(00)00166-9     Document Type: Article

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