The septum pellucidum and its variants: An MRI study

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 254, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 295-302

  Born, Christine M ^a   Meisenzahl, Eva M ^b   Frodl, Thomas ^b   Pfluger, Thomas ^b   Reiser, Maximilian ^a   Moller H J ^c   Leinsinger, Gerda L ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cavum septi pellucidi; Cavum vergae; Cysts; MRI; Septum pellucidum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CAVUM VERGAE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

EID: 4744349615     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-004-0496-z     Document Type: Article

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