Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 1 , Pages 83-85 , 30 January 2006

MRI study of corpus callosum in children and adolescents with bipolar disorder

  • A. Sibel Yasar

      Affiliations

    • MOOD-CNS Program (Mood Disorders Clinical Neurosciences Program), Division of Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, MC-7792, San Antonio, TX, 78229-3900, USA
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  • E. Serap Monkul

      Affiliations

    • MOOD-CNS Program (Mood Disorders Clinical Neurosciences Program), Division of Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, MC-7792, San Antonio, TX, 78229-3900, USA
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  • Roberto B. Sassi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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  • David Axelson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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  • Paolo Brambilla

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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  • Mark A. Nicoletti

      Affiliations

    • MOOD-CNS Program (Mood Disorders Clinical Neurosciences Program), Division of Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, MC-7792, San Antonio, TX, 78229-3900, USA
    • ,
  • John P. Hatch

      Affiliations

    • MOOD-CNS Program (Mood Disorders Clinical Neurosciences Program), Division of Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, MC-7792, San Antonio, TX, 78229-3900, USA
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  • Matcheri Keshavan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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  • Neal Ryan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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  • Boris Birmaher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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  • Jair C. Soares

      Affiliations

    • MOOD-CNS Program (Mood Disorders Clinical Neurosciences Program), Division of Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, MC-7792, San Antonio, TX, 78229-3900, USA
    • South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie L. Murphy Division, San Antonio, TX, USA
    • Department of Radiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. MOOD-CNS Program, Division of Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, MC-7792, San Antonio, TX, 78229-3900, USA. Tel.: +1 210 562 5487; fax: +1 210 562 5485.

Received 23 September 2004 ,Revised 25 August 2005 ,Accepted 27 September 2005.

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PII: S0925-4927(05)00150-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2005.09.004

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 1 , Pages 83-85 , 30 January 2006

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