title: Physical harbingers of relapse in schizophrenia.
abstract: This is a case report of a patient with schizophrenic disorder, followed up prospectively over a period of six years through four episodes of illness. Her experience of a focal physical symptom as a consistent prodromal feature of each relapse forms the focus of the report as such a clinical phenomenon has not been recorded before. The possible reason for such presentation and the value of identifying the prodromal symptoms in the control of relapse are discussed.
authors: T.N. Srinivasan, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Porur, Madras - 600116.
authors: T N
authors: TN
authors: Srinivasan
authors: T R
authors: TR
authors: Suresh
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Jayaraman
authors: P M
authors: PM
authors: Fernandez