Gray and white matter volume abnormalities in monozygotic and same-gender dizygotic twins discordant for schizophrenia

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 126-130

  Hulshoff Pol, Hilleke E ^a,b   Brans, Rachel G H ^a   Van Haren, Neeltje E M ^a   Schnack, Hugo G ^a   Langen, Marieke ^a   Baaré, Wim F C ^a   Van Oel, Clarine J ^a   Kahn, René S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genetic risk; Gray matter; Magnetic resonance imaging; Morphology; Schizophrenia; Twins; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TWIN DISCORDANCE; WHITE MATTER; ATROPHY; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENDER IDENTITY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; TWINS;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; DISEASES IN TWINS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 1442284210     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(03)00728-5     Document Type: Article

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