Morphology of the corpus callosum at different stages of schizophrenia: Cross-sectional study in first-episode and chronic illness

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 429-434

  Walterfang, Mark ^a,b   Wood, Amanda G ^a   Reutens, David C ^a   Wood, Stephen J ^a,c   Chen, Jian ^a   Velakoulis, Dennis ^a,c   McGorry, Patrick D ^a   Pantelis, Christos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NorthWestern Mental Health   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44949094326     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.041251     Document Type: Article

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