Sex differences in neuroanatomical and clinical correlations in schizophrenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 799-805

  Cowell, Patricia E ^a   Kostianovsky, Deborah J ^a   Gur, Ruben C ^a   Turetsky, Bruce I ^a   Gur, Raquel E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029891927     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.6.799     Document Type: Article

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