Neurological abnormalities in recent-onset schizophrenia and Asperger-syndrome

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Hirjak, Dusan ^a   Wolf, Robert Christian ^a,b   Sabine C Koch, ^c   Laura Mehl, ^a   Kelbel K , Janna ^a   Katharina Maria Kubera, ^a   Traeger, Tanja ^d   Fuchs, Thomas ^a   Thomann, Philipp Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SRH UNIVERSITY HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Motor abnormalities; NSS; Recent onset schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL SOFT SIGN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84905637467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00091     Document Type: Article

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