| Autor: |
G, Venkatasubramanian, V, Latha, B N, Gangadhar, N, Janakiramaiah, D K, Subbakrishna, P N, Jayakumar, M S, Keshavan |
| Rok vydání: |
2003 |
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| Zdroj: |
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica. 108(2) |
| ISSN: |
0001-690X |
| Popis: |
Studies of Neurological Soft Signs (NSS) in schizophrenia are confounded by handedness, inconsistent methodology, and prior treatment with neuroleptics. The study objective is to examine NSS in never-treated schizophrenia.We examined the NSS in treatment-naïve schizophrenia patients (n = 21) and age, sex, education, and handedness matched normal controls (n = 21) using the modified Neurological Evaluation Scale with good inter-rater reliability.Schizophrenia patients had significantly more NSS than normals. No significant correlation was found between illness duration and NSS.Higher neurological signs in never-treated patients and their lack of association with illness duration suggest neurodevelopmental etiopathogenesis of schizophrenia. |
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OpenAIRE |
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