Neurological soft signs in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Neurology India

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-75

  Guz, H ^a   Aygun, D ^b  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Graphesthesia; Neurological soft signs; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Structural brain abnormality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAPHESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGICAL SOFT SIGN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANK SUM TEST; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TWO POINT DISCRIMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 16544378263     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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