Structural disconnectivity in schizophrenia: A diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 182, Issue MAY, 2003, Pages 439-443

  Burns, J ^a   Job, D ^a   Bastin, M E ^a   Whalley, H ^a   Macgillivray, T ^a   Johnstone, E C ^a   Lawrie, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0038704983     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.182.5.439     Document Type: Article

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