Reduction of the parahippocampal gyrus and the hippocampus in patients with chronic schizophrenia

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 174, Issue JUN., 1999, Pages 512-519

  Razi, Kamran ^a   Greene, Kimberly P ^a   Sakuma, Michael ^a   Ge, Shuming ^a   Kushner, Maureen ^a   DeLisi, Lynn E ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0033000692     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.174.6.512     Document Type: Article

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