Reduced subcortical brain volumes in nonpsychotic siblings of schizophrenic patients: A pilot magnetic resonance imaging study

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 507-514

  Seidman, Larry J ^a,b,f   Faraone, Stephen V ^a,b   Goldstein, Jill M ^a,b   Goodman, Julie M ^a,b   Kremen, William S ^a,b,e   Matsuda, Genichi ^a   Hoge, Elizabeth A ^a   Kennedy, David ^c   Makris, Nikos ^c   Caviness, Verne S ^c   Tsuang, Ming T ^a,b,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Genetics; MRI; Schizophrenia; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PERSONALITY TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030865235     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970919)74:5<507::AID-AJMG11>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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