Semantic fluency is impaired but phonemic and design fluency are preserved in early-onset schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 215-222

  Phillips, Tania Jane ^a   James, Anthony C D ^b   Crow, Timothy J ^b   Collinson, Simon L ^c  

^a CAMHS Academic Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Design fluency; Early onset schizophrenia; Phonemic fluency; Semantic fluency; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHONEME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; PHONETICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 4344634697     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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