Schizophrenia Research
Volume 69, Issue 1 , Pages 15-22 , 1 July 2004

Effect of orthography on the verbal fluency performance in schizophrenia: examination using Japanese patients

  • Chika Sumiyoshi

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Developmental and Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Education, Fukushima University, 1 Kanayagawa, Fukushima 960-1296, Japan. Tel./fax: +81-24-548-8161.
    • Department of Developmental and Clinical Psychology, Fukushima University, Fukushima, Japan
    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University School of Medicine, Toyama, Japan
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  • Tomiki Sumiyoshi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University School of Medicine, Toyama, Japan
    • Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
    • ,
  • Mie Matsui

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University School of Medicine, Toyama, Japan
    • ,
  • Shigeru Nohara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University School of Medicine, Toyama, Japan
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  • Ikiko Yamashita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University School of Medicine, Toyama, Japan
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  • Masayoshi Kurachi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University School of Medicine, Toyama, Japan
    • ,
  • Shinichi Niwa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Received 4 April 2003 ,Revised 18 May 2003 ,Accepted 27 May 2003.

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Schizophrenia Research
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