Effects of alcohol dependence comorbidity and antipsychotic medication on volumes of the thalamus and pons in schizophrenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1110-1116

  Sullivan, Edith V ^a   Rosenbloom, Margaret J ^b   Serventi, Kathleen L ^b   Deshmukh, Anjali ^b   Pfefferbaum, Adolf ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THALAMUS; ADULT; AGE; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PONS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THALAMUS;

EID: 0038149627     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.6.1110     Document Type: Article

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