Neurological soft signs in adolescents with first episode psychosis: Two-year followup

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 344-348

  Mayoral, María ^a,b   Bombín, Igor ^a   Zabala, Arantzazu ^a   Robles, Olalla ^a   Moreno, Dolores ^a   Parellada, Mara ^a   Ruiz Sancho, Ana ^a   Arango, Celso ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Development; Early onset psychosis; Neurological abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 55749085424     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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