Similar extent of brain dysmorphology in severely ill women and men with schizophrenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 819-825

  Lauriello, John ^b   Hoff, Anne ^b   Wieneke, Mary H ^b   Blankfeld, Howard ^b   Faustman, William O ^b   Rosenbloom, Margaret ^b   DeMent, Stacie ^b   Sullivan, Edith V ^b   Lim, Kelvin O ^b   Pfefferbaum, Adolf ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031006133     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.6.819     Document Type: Article

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