Corpus callosum size and shape in established bipolar affective disorder

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 838-845

  Walterfang, Mark ^a,b   Malhi, Gin S ^c   Wood, Amanda G ^d,e   Reutens, David C ^f   Chen, Jian ^d,e   Barton, Sarah ^d,e   Yücel, Murat ^a   Velakoulis, Dennis ^a,b   Pantelis, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Corpus callosum; Depression; Mania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MYELINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69449096275     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670903107534     Document Type: Article

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