Schizophrenia and temporal lobe asymmetry: A post-mortem stereological study of tissue volume

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 175, Issue AUG., 1999, Pages 127-134

  Highley, J Robin ^a   McDonald, Brendan ^a   Walker, Mary A ^a   Esiri, Margaret M ^a   Crow, Timothy J ^a,b  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STEREOMETRY; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0032768204     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.175.2.127     Document Type: Article

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