Neurological examination abnormalities in neuroleptic-naive patients with first-break schizophrenia: preliminary results.
The authors report preliminary findings from an ongoing prospective study of neuroleptic-naive patients with first-break schizophrenia. They evaluated 17 of these patients and 15 normal subjects with a structured neurological examination before the patients received any medical treatment. The patients with schizophrenia showed significantly greater neurological impairment than did the normal comparison subjects.
Sanders
R D
RD
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2593.
Keshavan
M S
MS
Schooler
N R
NR
D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents