Epithalamus calcifications in schizophrenia

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 248, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 272-276

  Caputo, Alberto ^a   Ghiringhelli, Laura ^a   Dieci, Massimiliano ^a   Giobbio, Gian Marco ^a   Tenconi, Fernando ^a   Ferrari, Lara ^a   Gimosti, Eleonora ^a   Prato, Katia ^a   Vita, Antonio ^a  

^a Pad Guardia II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Epithalamus; Habenula; Pineal gland; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CHOROID PLEXUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EPITHALAMUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CHOROID PLEXUS; EPITHALAMUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032414456     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004060050049     Document Type: Article

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