Cavum veil interpositi and psychotic disorder in a monocygotic twin

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 76-78

  Supprian, Tillmann ^a   Bengel, Dietmar ^b   Hofmann, Erich ^b   Fallgatter, Andreas J ^b   Franzek, Ernst ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavum septi pellucidi; Cavum veli interpositi; Developmental disorder; Magnetic resonance imaging; Schizophrenia; Septum pellucidum

Indexed keywords

PERAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HOSPITALIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TWINS;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0033625418     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004060070038     Document Type: Article

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