The specificity of neurological signs in schizophrenia: a reviewM P Boks
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Groningen, P O Box 30 001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands
Schizophr Res 43:109-16. 2000
..The discriminating power of motor sequencing still needs to be studied. So far, there is no evidence of a clearly interpretable pattern of neurological signs distinguishing schizophrenia patients from mood-disorder patients...
- Influence of antipsychotic agents on neurological soft signs and dyskinesia in first episode psychosis
Marco P M Boks
Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust, Queens Medical Centre, Psychiatry Outpatients, B Floor South Block, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
Psychiatry Res 119:167-70. 2003
..This suggests that the type of antipsychotic medication does not influence NSS, but that atypical antipsychotics are associated with less dyskinesia in the early stages of treatment...
Beyond symptom dimensions: schizophrenia risk factors for patient groups derived by latent class analysisS J Leask
Division of Psychiatry, Nottingham University, A Floor, South Block, Queen s Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
Schizophr Res 115:346-50. 2009
..If so, the effect size of 'neurodevelopmental' risk factors may be greater than in equivalent DSMIV diagnostic groups...
- The 2-year stability of neurological soft signs after a first episode of non-affective psychosis
Marco P M Boks
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Groningen, PO Box 30 001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
Eur Psychiatry 21:288-90. 2006
..The numbers of NSS at inclusion and at 2 years follow-up were similar, but there was a significant increase in the numbers of NSS in the sub-group of patients whose dosage of antipsychotic medication had increased over time...
- Negative association between a history of obstetric complications and the number of neurological soft signs in first-episode schizophrenic disorder
Marco P M Boks
Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry B01 206, University Medical Centre Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
Psychiatry Res 149:273-7. 2007
..It is possible that the patients with a history of OCs carry fewer genes for schizophrenia (and NSS) and 'needed' the OCs to develop schizophrenia...
- The structure of psychosis revisited: the role of mood symptoms
Marco P M Boks
The Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Schizophr Res 93:178-85. 2007
..The distinction of subgroups of psychosis patients, in particular those with major mood symptoms could facilitate the unravelling of the genetics of psychotic disorders...
- Psychiatric morbidity and X-chromosomal origin in a Klinefelter sample
Marco P M Boks
Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Schizophr Res 93:399-402. 2007
..Nevertheless, these findings provide further support for the role of the X-chromosome in the susceptibility to psychiatric disorders in general and psychotic disorders in particular...
