Obstetric complications and age-related changes in brain morphology in schizophrenia

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1200-1208

  Smith, Geoffrey N ^a   MacEwan, G William ^b   Altman, Siemion ^a,b   Meistrich, Barbara ^c   Lapointe, Jocelyne S ^b   Kopala, Lili ^d   Honer, William G ^a,b  

^a RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c St Vincent's Hospital   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

age related changes; cerebral ventricles; computerized tomography; cortical sulci; obstetric complications; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030589681     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00111-4     Document Type: Article

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