Hippocampal volume asymmetry and age at illness onset in males with schizophrenia

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 247, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 248-251

  Fukuzako, Hiroshi ^a   Yamada, Koichiro ^a   Kodama, Satoshi ^a   Yonezawa, Tomohiko ^a   Fukuzako, Tsuyoshi ^a   Takenouchi, Kaoru ^a   Kajiya, Yoshiki ^a   Nakajo, Masayuki ^a   Takigawa, Morikuni ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Hippocampal formation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Onset; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORIENTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030691959     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02900302     Document Type: Article

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