Lateral Cerebral Ventricular Enlargement in Chronic Schizophrenia

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1979, Pages 735-739

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

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN VENTRICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE SHOCK; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MIDDLE AGE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0018626107     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1979.01780070013001     Document Type: Article

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