Cerebral ventricular enlargement as a generalized feature of schizophrenia: A distribution analysis on 502 subjects

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-34

  Vita, Antonio ^a   Dieci, Massimiliano ^a   Silenzi, Carlo ^a   Tenconi, Fernando ^a   Giobbio, Gian Marco ^a   Invernizzi, Giordano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain morphology; Cerebral ventricles; Distribution analysis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034617396     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(99)00134-6     Document Type: Article

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