Partial volume decrease of the thalamus in relatives of patients with schizophrenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1784-1786

  Staal, Wouter G ^a   Hulshoff Pol, Hilleke E ^a   Schnack, Hugo ^a   Van Der Schot, Astrid C ^a   Kahn, René S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLING; THALAMUS;

EID: 0343667926     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.12.1784     Document Type: Article

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