Quantitative volumetric MRI study of the cerebellum and vermis in schizophrenia: Clinical and cognitive correlates

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1105-1107

  Levitt, James J ^b   McCarley, Robert W ^a   Nestor, Paul G ^b   Petrescu, Creola ^b   Donnino, Robert ^b   Hirayasu, Yoshio ^b   Kikinis, Ron ^b   Jolesz, Ferenc A ^b   Shenton, Martha E ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THOUGHT DISORDER; VERBAL MEMORY; WHITE MATTER;

CEREBELLUM; COGNITION DISORDERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033009348     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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