Neurologic soft signs in borderline personality disorder

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 541-546

  De La Fuente, José Manuel ^a,b,c,e   Bobes, Julio ^b   Vizuete, Coro ^c   Bascaran, Maria Teresa ^b   Morlán, Ignacio ^d   Mendlewicz, Julien ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c Lannemezan Psychiatric Hospital   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e Hopital Psychiatrique de Lannemezan   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646761664     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v67n0404     Document Type: Article

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