Increased head circumference in schizophrenia

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1173-1175

  Bassett, Anne S ^a   Chow, Eva W C ^b   Bury, Alison ^b   Ali, Faizal ^b   Haylock, Claire A H ^b   Smith, Geoffrey N ^b   Lapointe, Jocelyne S ^b   Honer, William G ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

dysmorphism; head size; neurodevelopment; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030561009     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00288-0     Document Type: Article

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