Performance on the wisconsin card sorting test in families of schizophrenia patients with different familial loadings

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 537-546

  Lin, Sheng Hsiang ^a   Liu, Chih Min ^b   Hwang, Tzung Jeng ^b   Hsieh, Ming H ^b   Hsiao, Po Chang ^c   Faraone, Stephen V ^d   Tsuang, Ming T ^e,f   Hwu, Hai Gwo ^b,c   Chen, Wei J ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

endophenotype; executive function; familial aggregation; heritability; prefrontal cortex; recurrence risk ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; ENDOPHENOTYPE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLING; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENDOPHENOTYPES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARENTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876592696     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbs141     Document Type: Article

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