Compliance with medication but not structural MRI measures predict functional outcome in first-episode schizophrenia patients

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 355-356

  Bachmann, Silke ^a   Bottmer, Christina ^b   Essig, Marco ^c   Magnotta, Vincent ^d   Schröder, Johannes ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ATROPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846614481     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2006.11.021     Document Type: Letter

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