Neurological soft-signs in psychosis: Threshold criteria for discriminating normal controls and for predicting cognitive impairment

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 263-271

  Cuesta, Manuel J ^a   Peralta, Victor ^a   Zarzuela, Amalia ^a   Calvo, Raquel ^a   García, María ^a   Serrano, Fermín ^a  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Neurological soft signs; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036888341     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(01)00390-5     Document Type: Article

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