Structural brain abnormalities in chronic schizophrenia at the extremes of the outcome spectrum

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1140-1142

  Staal, W G ^a   Hulshoff Pol, H E ^a   Schnack, H G ^a   Van Haren, N E M ^a   Seifert, N ^a   Kahn, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CEREBELLUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FRONTAL LOBE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034941391     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.158.7.1140     Document Type: Article

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