Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 147, Issue 2 , Pages 173-186 , 30 October 2006

A morphometric magnetic resonance method for measuring cranial, facial and brain characteristics for application to schizophrenia: Part 1

  • Karin M. Henriksson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatric Epidemiology, University Hospital, Lund University, Barngatan 2, S- 221 85, Lund, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 46 17 77 87; fax: +46 46 17 60 27.
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  • Brendan D. Kelly

      Affiliations

    • St John of God Psychiatric Service, Co Dublin, Ireland
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  • Abbie Lane

      Affiliations

    • St John of God Psychiatric Service, Co Dublin, Ireland
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  • Roger Hult

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Image Analysis, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    • Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Human Brain Informatics (HUBIN), Karolinska Institute and Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Thomas F. McNeil

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatric Epidemiology, University Hospital, Lund University, Barngatan 2, S- 221 85, Lund, Sweden
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  • Ingrid Agartz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Human Brain Informatics (HUBIN), Karolinska Institute and Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Department of Psychiatry, Oslo University, Oslo, Norway

Received 2 July 2004 ,Revised 26 September 2004 ,Accepted 14 February 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2005.02.013

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 147, Issue 2 , Pages 173-186 , 30 October 2006

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