Brain morphology and neurological soft signs in adolescents with first-episode psychosis
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Neurological soft signs in adolescents with first episode psychosis.
The purpose of this study is to determine the decrease of neurological soft signs (NSS) during adolescence and to compare this evolutionary process in two groups of adolescents with first episode psychosis: a) schizophrenia and b) non-schizophrenia patients. The structured neurological evaluation scale (NES) was administered to 24 adolescents with first episode psychosis. The number of NSS, the...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.052738