Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 164, Issue 3 , Pages 254-264 , 30 December 2008

Investigating possible subtypes of schizophrenia patients and controls based on brain cortical thickness

  • Glenn Lawyer

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, P.O., 85, 0319 Oslo, Norway. Tel.: +47 2202 9968; fax: +47 2249 5861.
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  • Ragnar Nesvåg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatric Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Katarina Varnäs

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    • Department of Psychiatric Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Arnoldo Frigessi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    • (sfi)2 Statistics for innovation, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Ingrid Agartz

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    • Department of Psychiatric Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    • Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Received 20 March 2007 ,Revised 3 September 2007 ,Accepted 22 December 2007.

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PII: S0925-4927(07)00256-9

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.12.017

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 164, Issue 3 , Pages 254-264 , 30 December 2008

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