Neurological soft signs: One-year stability and relationship to psychiatric symptoms in boys

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1579-1586

  Pine, Daniel S ^a   Wasserman, Gail A ^a   Fried, Jane E ^a   Parides, Michael ^a   Shaffer, David ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Emotional disorders; Soft signs

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030728486     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0890-8567(09)66568-0     Document Type: Article

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