Neurological soft signs as an endophenotype in an African schizophrenia population – a pilot study
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Neurological soft signs as an endophenotype in an African schizophrenia population - a pilot study.
OBJECTIVE The use of endophenotypes, such as neurological soft signs (NSS), is advocated as one possible method to elucidate the heterogeneity of schizophrenia. Exploring the associations between NSS and specific illness symptoms has revealed some trends, although results have been conflicting. To date, such studies have been conducted largely on Caucasian populations and our pilot study repres...
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عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1994-8220
DOI: 10.4314/ajpsy.v15i2.17