Increased prefrontal sulcal prominence in relatively young patients with unipolar major depression

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-134

  Elkis, Helio ^a   Friedman, Lee ^b   Buckley, Peter F ^b   Lee, Hong Shick ^c   Lys, Christine ^b   Kaufman, Benjamin ^b   Meltzer, Herbert Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Computed tomography; Schizophrenia; Ventricle brain ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030608067     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-4927(96)02744-8     Document Type: Article

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