Partial volume decrease of the thalamus in relatives of patients with schizophrenia.

doi:10.1176/ajp.155.12.1784

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Partial volume decrease of the thalamus in relatives of patients with schizophrenia.

The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Dec 1998

Staal W G, Hulshoff Pol H E, Schnack H, van der Schot A C, Kahn R S

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OBJECTIVE: The authors' goal was to compare the thalamic, total brain, and intracranial volumes of patients with schizophrenia, their healthy siblings, and normal comparison subjects. METHOD: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans were obtained for 32 same-sex siblings who were discordant f...

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Brain
Family
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Schizophrenia
Thalamus

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