Amygdala volume in schizophrenia: Post-mortem study and review of magnetic resonance imaging findings

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 180, Issue APR., 2002, Pages 331-338

  Chance, Steven A ^a   Esiri, Margaret M ^a   Crow, Timothy J ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TISSUE FIXATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOPSY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0036105439     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.180.4.331     Document Type: Article

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