Increased frequency of aberrant CSF circulation in schizophrenic patients compared to healthy volunteers

European Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 16-20

  Oxenstierna, G ^a   Bergstrand, G ^a   Edman, G ^a   Flyckt, L ^a   Nyback H ^a   Sedvall, G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CSF circulation; Gamma cisternography; Schizophrenia; Tc DTPA

Indexed keywords

PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CIRCULATION; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030029741     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-9338(96)80454-8     Document Type: Article

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