A magnetic resonance imaging study of corpus callosum size in familial schizophrenic subjects,their relatives, and normal controls

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 397-403

  Chua, S E ^a,b   Sharma, T ^a   Takei, N ^a   Murray, R M ^a   Woodruff, P W R ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carrier; Corpus callosum; Familial; Neuroimaging; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGED; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0033975910     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(99)00081-X     Document Type: Article

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