Schizophrenia Research
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 431-445 , 14 February 2000

Memory and organizational strategies in chronic and acute schizophrenic patients

  • Agnes S Chan

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    • Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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  • Isaac C Kwok

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
    • ,
  • Helen Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
    • ,
  • Linda Lam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
    • ,
  • Alfred Pang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
    • ,
  • Lok-yee Chow

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Received 8 September 1998 ,Accepted 16 April 1999.

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Schizophrenia Research
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