The 2-year stability of neurological soft signs after a first episode of non-affective psychosis

European Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 288-290

  Boks, Marco P M ^a,b   Selten, Jean Paul ^b   Leask, Stuart ^c   Van den Bosch, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Longitudinal; Neurological; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC SOFT SIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 33746110760     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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