Neurological soft signs in euthymic bipolar I patients: A comparative study with healthy siblings and controls

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 236, Issue , 2016, Pages 173-178

  Mrad, Amel ^a   Wassim Krir, Mohamed ^a   Ajmi, Inès ^a   Gaha, Lotfi ^a   Mechri, Anwar ^a  

^a FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Bipolar I disorder; Case control study; Healthy siblings; Neurodevelopmental hypothesis; Neurological soft signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECH-RAFAELSEN MANIA SCALE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGICAL SOFT SIGN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIBLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYNDROME DELINEATION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957431447     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.11.047     Document Type: Article

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