Limbic Structures and Lateral Ventricle in Schizophrenia: A Quantitative Postmortem Study

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1990, Pages 1016-1022

  Heckers, Stephan ^a   Heinsen, Helmut ^a   Heinsen, Yunita C ^a   Beckmann, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMYGDALA; ANTHROPOMETRY; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025038823     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1990.01810230032006     Document Type: Article

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