Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 162, Issue 3 , Pages 195-204 , 15 April 2008

Neuropsychological function–brain structure relationships and stage of illness: An investigation into chronic and first-episode schizophrenia

  • Preethi Premkumar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK. Tel.: +44 207 848 5102; fax: +44 207 848 0860.
    • ,
  • Veena Kumari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
    • ,
  • Philip J.J. Corr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Wales, Swansea, UK
    • ,
  • Dominic Fannon

      Affiliations

    • Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
    • ,
  • Tonmoy Sharma

      Affiliations

    • The Cognition Group, Newark, DE, USA

Received 14 August 2007 ,Accepted 23 August 2007.

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PII: S0925-4927(07)00172-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.08.005

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 162, Issue 3 , Pages 195-204 , 15 April 2008

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