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Publication Date: 2008-Oct
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Digging Deeper Using Neuroimaging Tools Reveals Important Clues to Early-Onset Schizophrenia
Kumra, Sanjiv
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, v47 n10 p1103 Oct 2008
The article describes the use of structural neuroimaging to understand the psychopathology of childhood-onset schizophrenia. Results showed an increase in lateral volumes, reduced total and regional volumes of gray matter in the cortex and increased basal ganglia volumes as in adult-onset schizophrenia in comparison with healthy subjects.
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Schizophrenia, Diagnostic Tests, Brain, Neurology, Children, Comparative Analysis, Adults, Brain Hemisphere Functions
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