Blink rate in childhood-onset schizophrenia: Comparison with normal and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder controls

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1222-1229

  Jacobsen, Leslie K ^a   Hommer, Daniel W ^b   Hong, Walter L ^c   Castellanos, F Xavier ^a   Frazier, Jean A ^a   Giedd, Jay N ^a   Rapoport, Judith L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c CNS Clinical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; blink rate; children; eye tracking; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BLINKING; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030589545     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00625-7     Document Type: Article

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