The children's conditions were also clinically assessed and the team combined the results to match up children with similar disorders to provide diagnoses. (sciencedaily.com)
Currently, diagnosing schizophrenia and similar disorders requires a thorough psychological evaluation and a comprehensive medical exam to rule out other conditions. (sciencedaily.com)
«What we found particularly striking, when considering the two studies together, is that this is not a condition that we would have been able to separate from other similar disorders based purely on patient symptoms or clinical features,» said Joseph G. Gleeson, MD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, professor in the UC San Diego departments of Neurosciences and Pediatrics and at Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego, a research affiliate of UC San Diego. (sciencedaily.com)