Childhood onset schizophrenia: Support for a progressive neurodevelopmental disorder

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-258

  Rapoport, Judith L ^a   Gogtay, Nitin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic; Brain; Childhood onset; Imaging; MRI; Progressive; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CHILDHOOD ONSET SCHIZOPHRENIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WHITE MATTER;

AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOPHENOTYPES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; SCHIZOPHRENIA, CHILDHOOD; SIBLINGS;

EID: 79953322835     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2010.10.003     Document Type: Review

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