Verbal memory in first-episode schizophrenia: Heterogeneity in performance?

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 152-162

  Nuyen, Jasper ^a   Sitskoorn, Margriet M ^a   Cahn, Wiepke ^a   Kahn, René S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

California Verbal Learning Test; First episode schizophrenia; Heterogeneity; Verbal memory profiles

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEARNING TEST; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 17644414096     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617705050162     Document Type: Article

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