Psychiatry Research
Volume 121, Issue 3 , Pages 219-227 , 1 January 2004

Relationship of good and poor Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance to illness duration in schizophrenia: a cross-sectional analysis

  • Paolo Stratta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, A.S.L. 4, L'Aquila, Italy
    • ,
  • Luca Arduini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Medicine, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
    • ,
  • Enrico Daneluzzo

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Psychology Unit at Villa Serena, c/o ‘Casa di Cura Villa Serena’, Viale L. Petruzzi, 19, Cittá S.Angelo, Pescara 65013, Italy
    • ,
  • Osvaldo Rinaldi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Medicine, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
    • ,
  • Andrea di Genova

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Medicine, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
    • ,
  • Alessandro Rossi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Medicine, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
    • Clinical Psychology Unit at Villa Serena, c/o ‘Casa di Cura Villa Serena’, Viale L. Petruzzi, 19, Cittá S.Angelo, Pescara 65013, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel./fax: +39-0862-433602

Received 28 October 2002 ,Revised 8 August 2003 ,Accepted 16 September 2003.

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Psychiatry Research
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