A Survey of Selected Neurological Signs in Schizophrenia Research
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Neurological Signs Reported in Schizophrenia
Declaration of interest None. Funding fromthe Stanley Foundation and the Medical Research Council (UK). Neurological soft signs (NSS) are minor (‘soft’) neurological abnormalities in sensory and motor performance identified by clinical examination. They have been described in excess in patients with schizophrenia (Buchanan & Heinrichs, 1989). There is still a lack of consensus on the neurodysfu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 1991
ISSN: 1935-0783
DOI: 10.29046/jjp.009.1.004