Course of cognitive functioning in first episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-68

  Townsend, Laurel A ^a   Norman, Ross M G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive functioning; Schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MEMORY; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

CLINICAL TRIALS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MEMORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0347753792     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.4.1.61     Document Type: Review

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