Comparative analysis of soft neurological signs in positive and negative subtype of schizophrenia

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-178

  Cvetić, Tijana ^a   Vuković, Olivera ^a   Britvić, Dubravka ^a   Ivković, Maja ^a   Dukić Dejanović, Slavica ^b   Lečić Toševski, Dušica ^c  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^c INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Neurological soft signs; Positive negative subtype; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RATING SCALE; REMISSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651233565     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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