Schizophrenia and neurological soft signs: Gender differences in clinical correlates and antecedent factors

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-114

  Lane, Abbie ^a   Colgan, Karen ^a   Moynihan, Frances ^a   Burke, Teresa ^b   Waddington, John L ^c   Larkin, Conall ^d   O'Callaghan, Eadbhard ^a  

^a Cluain Mhuire Family Centre   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d St John of God Hospitaller Services Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

genetics; obstetric complications; schizophrenia neurological soft signs; sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030604060     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1781(96)02602-9     Document Type: Article

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