Patterns of regional cortical dysmorphology distinguishing schizophrenia and chronic alcoholism

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 118-131

  Sullivan, Edith V ^a,b   Mathalon, Daniel H ^a,b   Lim, Kelvin O ^a   Marsh, Laura ^d   Pfefferbaum, Adolf ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Brain; Cortical gray matter; Magnetic resonance imaging; Schizophrenia; Ventricles; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0032518519     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00264-3     Document Type: Article

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