Comparative study of neurological soft signs in schizophrenia with onset in childhood, adolescence and adulthood

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-303

  Biswas, P ^a   Malhotra, S ^a   Malhotra, A ^a   Gupta, N ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescent onset schizophrenia; Adult onset schizophrenia; Childhood onset schizophrenia; Neurological soft signs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OUTPATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33947209744     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2006.00901.x     Document Type: Article

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