Cannabis and brain morphology in recent-onset schizophrenia [3]

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 67, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 305-307

  Cahn, W ^a   Hulshoff Pol, H E ^a   Caspers, E ^a   Van Haren, N E M ^a   Schnack, H G ^a   Kahn, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SKULL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 1342300629     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(03)00003-3     Document Type: Letter

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