Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 1 , Pages 15-21 , 15 October 2007

Brain structural changes in schizophrenia patients with persistent hallucinations

  • Owen G. O'Daly

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    • P.O. Box 63, Section of General Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
    • Tel.: +44 20 7848 0029; fax: +44 20 7848 0350.
    • ,
  • Sophia Frangou

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    • P.O. Box 66, Section of Neurobiology of Psychosis, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
    • Tel.: +44 20 70848 5022; fax: +44 20 7848 0287.
    • ,
  • Xavier Chitnis

      Affiliations

    • Neuroimaging Research Group, Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
    • Tel.: +44 207 848 0332; fax: +44 207 848 0281
    • ,
  • Sukhwinder S. Shergill

      Affiliations

    • P.O. Box 67, Section of General Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel./fax: +44 20 7848 0350.

Received 24 February 2006 ,Revised 21 February 2007 ,Accepted 4 March 2007.

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PII: S0925-4927(07)00058-3

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.03.001

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 1 , Pages 15-21 , 15 October 2007

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