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Verbal recall and recognition in twins discordant for schizophrenia.
Psychiatry research - 30 Jun 2008
van Erp Theo G M, Therman Sebastian, Pirkola Tiia, Tuulio-Henriksson Annamari, Glahn David C, Bachman Peter, Huttunen Matti O, Lönnqvist Jouko, Hietanen Marja, Kaprio Jaakko, Koskenvuo Markku, Cannon Tyrone D
Abstract excerpt
The nature, neural underpinnings, and etiology of deficits in verbal declarative memory in patients with schizophrenia remain unclear. To examine the contributions of genes and environment to verbal recall and recognition performance in this disorder, the California Verbal Learning Test was administered to a large population-based Finnish twin sample, which included schizophrenic and schizoaffective patients,...
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