Genetic and Perinatal Determinants of Structural Brain Deficits in Schizophrenia

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1989, Pages 883-889

  Cannon, Tyrone D ^a   Mednick, Sarnoff A ^a   Parnas, Josef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Psykologisk Institut Kommunehospitalet ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELIVERY; GENETICS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; DENMARK; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0024459592     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1989.01810100025005     Document Type: Article

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