Soft signs and neuropsychological performance in schizophrenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 526-532

  Flashman, Laura A ^a,b   Flaum, Michael ^a   Gupta, Sanjay ^a   Andreasen, Nancy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0029886496     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.4.526     Document Type: Article

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