Cavum septum pellucidum and adhesio interthalamica in schizophrenia: an MRI study

European Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 291-299

  Crippa, José Alexandre de Souza ^a,b   Zuardi, Antonio Waldo ^a   Busatto, Geraldo F ^a   Sanches, Rafael Faria ^a   Santos, Antonio Carlos ^a   Araújo, David ^a   Amaro, Edson ^a,b   Hallak, Jaime Eduardo Cecílio ^a   Ng, Virginia ^b   McGuire, Philip K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesio interthalamica; Cavum septum pellucidum; MRI; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERTHALAMIC ADHESION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THALAMUS;

EID: 33745976425     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2005.09.010     Document Type: Article

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