NEUROLOGICAL SOFT SIGNS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

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作者
ROSSI, A [1 ]
DECATALDO, S [1 ]
DIMICHELE, V [1 ]
MANNA, V [1 ]
CECCOLI, S [1 ]
STRATTA, P [1 ]
CASACCHIA, M [1 ]
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[1] UNIV LAQUILA,PSYCHIAT CLIN,INST EXPTL MED,I-67100 LAQUILA,ITALY
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10.1192/bjp.157.5.735
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R749 [精神病学];
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100205 ;
摘要
A standardised clinical examination which focused on neurological soft signs (NSS) was used by a neurologist blind to diagnosis to assess the presence of neurological soft signs. A comparison of NSS score was made among three groups of subjects consisting of 58 DSM-III schizophrenics, 31 of their healthy first-degree relatives and 38 normal controls. The schizophrenic group had significantly higher NSS total scores than normal controls but did not differ significantly from their first-degree relatives' group. The relatives' group showed higher NSS total scores than did normal controls although to a lesser extent than schizophrenics.
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