Confirmatory factor analysis of the Neurological Evaluation Scale in unmedicated schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-71

  Sanders, Richard D ^a,b   Allen, Daniel N ^c   Forman, Steven D ^a,d   Tarpey, Thaddeus ^b   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^d   Goldstein, Gerald ^a,d,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e VA Pittsburgh HCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Neurological examination; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL EVALUATION SCALE; NEUROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 13444256146     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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