An examination of associations between the inability to taste phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) and clinical characteristics and trait markers in first-episode, nonaffective psychotic disorders

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-31

  Compton, Michael T ^a   Ionescu, Dawn F ^a   Broussard, Beth ^a   Cristofaro, Sarah L ^b   Johnson, Stephanie ^b   Haggard, Patrick J ^b   Potts, Amy A ^b   Wan, Claire Ramsay ^b   Walker, Elaine F ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endophenotype; First episode psychosis; Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC); Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

PHENYLTHIOUREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOPHENOTYPE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONAFFECTIVE PSYCHOTIC DISORDER; ONSET AGE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASTE DISORDER; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ENDOPHENOTYPE; FIRST-EPISODE PSYCHOSIS; PHENYLTHIOCARBAMIDE (PTC); PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHENYLTHIOUREA; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TASTE DISORDERS; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881552650     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.03.028     Document Type: Article

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