Schizophrenia Research
Volume 53, Issue 3 , Pages 263-265 , 15 January 2002

Verbal and procedural memory in schizophrenia with milder symptoms: implications for psychosocial intervention

  • Akira Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • Chichibu Chuo Hospital, Saitama, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Chichibu Chuo Hospital, 1404 Terao, Chichibu-shi, Saitama 368 0056, Japan. Tel.: +81-494-24-5551; fax: +81-494-24-5552
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  • Kiyoto Kasai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Shoji Nagakubo

      Affiliations

    • Katsushikabashi Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Satoru Kamio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Tadashi Murakami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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  • Akinobu Hata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Akira Iwanami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Kazuyuki Nakagome

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Masato Fukuda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Gunma University School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan
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  • Nobumasa Kato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Received 31 January 2001

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Schizophrenia Research
Volume 53, Issue 3 , Pages 263-265 , 15 January 2002