Structural Abnormalities in the Cerebral Cortex of Chronic Schizophrenic Patients

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1979, Pages 935-939

  Weinberger, Daniel R ^a   Torrey, E Fuller ^a   Neophytides, Andreas N ^b   Wyatt, Richard Jed ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; ATROPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0018590914     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1979.01780090021002     Document Type: Article

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