Evidence of reporting biases in voxel-based morphometry (VBM) studies of psychiatric and neurological disorders

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3052-3065

  Fusar Poli, Paolo ^a,b   Radua, Joaquim ^a,c   Frascarelli, Marianna ^a,d   Mechelli, Andrea ^a   Borgwardt, Stefan ^e   Di Fabio, Fabio ^d   Biondi, Massimo ^d   Ioannidis, John P A ^f,g   David, Sean P ^f,h  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Dementia; Neuroimaging; Psychosis; Structural; VBM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; BRAIN; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRAIN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84902179709     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22384     Document Type: Article

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