Neurological soft signs in psychometrically identified schizotypy
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Neurological soft signs in psychometrically identified schizotypy.
Patients with schizophrenia often exhibit structural brain abnormalities, as well as neurological soft signs (NSS), consistent with its conceptualization as a neurodevelopmental disorder. NSS are mild, presumably nonlocalizing, neurological impairments that are inferred from performance deficits in domains such as sensory integration, motor coordination, and motor sequencing. The vulnerability ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Schizophrenia Research
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0920-9964
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.06.018