Schizophrenia Research
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 234-235 , July 2010

Cognitive differences between men and women: A comparison of patients with schizophrenia and healthy volunteers

  • Julia Longenecker

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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  • Dwight Dickinson

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • ,
  • Daniel R. Weinberger

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    • ,
  • Brita Elvevåg

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. CBDB/NIMH/NIH, MSC 1377, 10 Center Drive 7SE-5350, Bethesda, MD 20892-1377, USA. Tel.: +1 301 451 2123; fax: +1 301 480 4678.

Received 4 November 2009 ,Accepted 8 December 2009.

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PII: S0920-9964(09)00600-8

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.12.009

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 234-235 , July 2010

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