Absence of regional hemispheric volume asymmetries in first-episode schizophrenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 151, Issue 10, 1994, Pages 1437-1447

  Bilder, Robert M ^a   Wu, Houwei ^b   Bogerts, Bernhard ^b   Degreef, Gustav ^b   Ashtari, Manzar ^b   Alvir, Jose M J ^b   Snyder, Peter J ^b   Lieberman, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0028120426     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.151.10.1437     Document Type: Article

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