Pineal gland volume in schizophrenia and mood disorders

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 153-158

  Findikli, Ebru ^a   Inci, Mehmet Fatih ^b   Gökçe, Mustafa ^a   Findikli, Hüseyin Avni ^c   Altun, Hatice ^a   Karaaslan, Mehmet Fatih ^a  

^a KSU Medical School   (Turkey)

^b IZMIR KATIP CELEBI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ADIYAMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Pineal gland volume Mri; Schizophrenia; Unipolar depression

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; ARIPIPRAZOLE; CITALOPRAM; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUPENTIXOL; LITHIUM; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ONSET AGE; ORGAN SIZE; PINEAL BODY; PINEAL GLAND VOLUME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PINEAL GLAND; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84937219220     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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