Gray matter deficits in young onset schizophrenia are independent of age of onset

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 4-13

  Lim, Kelvin O ^a,d   Harris, Debra ^b   Beal, Michael ^b   Hoff, Anne L ^b   Minn, Kyungtak ^b   Csernansky, John G ^c   Faustman, William O ^a   Marsh, Laura ^a   Sullivan, Edith V ^a   Pfefferbaum, Adolf ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Napa State Hospital   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Brain; Gray matter; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0029890638     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00356-8     Document Type: Article

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