Structural brain abnormalities in schizophrenia: A family study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1080-1086

  Eyler Zorrilla, Lisa T ^a   Cannon, Tyrone D ^a,e   Kronenberg, Steven ^a   Mednick, Sarnoff A ^b   Schulsinger, Fini ^c   Parnas, Josef ^c   Praestholm, Johannes ^d   Vestergaard, Aage ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^d HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Family; Genetics; Schizophrenia; Sulci to brain ratio; Ventricle to brain ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; BRAIN; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0344109575     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00006-1     Document Type: Article

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