Neurological soft signs in non-psychotic first-degree relatives of patients with schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 889-896

  Chan, Raymond C K ^a   Xu, Ting ^a,b   Heinrichs, R Walter ^c   Yu, Yue ^d   Gong, Qi yong ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endophenotypes; Meta analysis; Neurological soft signs; Non psychotic relatives; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RELATIVE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

FAMILY; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 77950627830     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2009.11.012     Document Type: Review

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