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Brain structure, genetic liability, and psychotic symptoms in subjects at high risk of developing schizophrenia.
Biological psychiatry - 15 May 2001
Lawrie S M, Whalley H C, Abukmeil S S, Kestelman J N, Donnelly L, Miller P, Best J J, Owens D G, Johnstone E C
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BACKGROUND: Structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain in patients with schizophrenia has consistently demonstrated several abnormalities. These are thought to be neurodevelopmental in origin, as they have also been described in first episode cases, although there may be a progressive component. It is not known at which point in development these abnormalities are evident, nor to what extent they...
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