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Do children with childhood-onset schizophrenia exhibit abnormal autonomic nervous system markers (skin conductance and heart rate) compared to healthy controls?
Do children with childhood-onset schizophrenia exhibit abnormal autonomic nervous system markers (skin conductance and heart rate) compared to healthy controls?
Childhood-onset schizophrenia is associated with autonomic nervous system abnormalities similar to those seen in adult-onset schizophrenia, supporting the continuity of the illness.
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Supports continuity of autonomic abnormalities from childhood- to adult-onset schizophrenia; extends observations but leaves open prognostic value and clinical utility.
Theodore P. Zahn (1997) studied this question.
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