Year: 2000
Type: conference-abstract
Abstract: 264s S25.Patt I. Biomed collaborative studies in Europe: results and perspectives mental instability to which the developing CNS might have been exposedThe aim of the present study was to verify whether cognitive disturbances in schizophrenic patients are associated with FA.Method: 57 schizophrenic patients (according to DSM-IV criteria) were administered a battery of neuropsychological tests.These tests were: the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Continuous Performance Test and the Trail Making Test.Dermatoglyphic analysis was conducted blind to the neuropsychological results in all the cases.FA was evaluated by taking the absolute difference of the a-b ridge count between right and left hands.Results: Correlation between FA and the neurocognitive variables used in the present study were calculated.High scores of FA were associated with poorer neurocognitive performance although our results do not reached statistical significance.Conclusion: These results suggest the interest to explore the prenatal origin of the cognitive impairment in bigger samples.
Source: European Psychiatry
Institution: Leipzig University
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2083024952