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The contributions of disease and genetic factors towards regional cortical thinning in schizophrenia: the UCLA family study.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Nov 2010
Yang Yaling, Nuechterlein Keith H, Phillips Owen, Hamilton Liberty S, Subotnik Kenneth L, Asarnow Robert F, Toga Arthur W, Narr Katherine L
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OBJECTIVE: Cortical thickness reductions in prefrontal and temporal cortices have been repeatedly observed in patients with schizophrenia. However, it remains unclear whether regional variations in cortical thickness may be attributable to disease-related or genetic-liability factors. METHOD: The structural magnetic resonance imaging data of 48 adult-onset schizophrenia patients, 66 first-degree non-psychotic...
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