Impaired executive functions in paediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder patients

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 272-281

  Isik Taner, Yasemen ^a   Erdogan Bakar, Emel ^b   Oner, Ozgur ^c  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UFUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c 1st Department of Neurosurgery   (Turkey)

Author keywords

adolescents; children; executive function; obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FULL SCALE INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; STROOP TEST; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL FLUENCY TEST; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

EID: 82455188029     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2011.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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