Assessment of cognition in non-affected full biological siblings of patients with schizophrenia

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 331-337

  Garg, Rohit ^a   Trivedi, J K ^b   Dalal, P K ^b   Nischal, Anil ^b   Sinha, P K ^b   Varma, Sannidhya ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cognition; continuous performance test; schizophrenia; spatial working memory test; un affected siblings; wisconsin card sorting test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PERFORMANCE; RESPONSE TIME; SIBLING; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84890023354     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.120543     Document Type: Article

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