Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 171, Issue 2 , Pages 71-81 , 28 February 2009

Neuroanatomical differences between familial and sporadic schizophrenia and their parents: An optimized voxel-based morphometry study

  • Su Lui

      Affiliations

    • Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, PR China
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  • Wei Deng

      Affiliations

    • Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, PR China
    • Department of Psychiatry, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, PR China
    • State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, PR China
    • ,
  • Xiaoqi Huang

      Affiliations

    • Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, PR China
    • Department of Psychiatry, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, PR China
    • ,
  • Lijun Jiang

      Affiliations

    • Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, PR China
    • Department of Psychiatry, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, PR China
    • State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, PR China
    • ,
  • Luo Ouyang

      Affiliations

    • School of Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, PR China
    • ,
  • Stefan J. Borgwardt

      Affiliations

    • Section of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
    • Psychiatric Outpatient Department, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Xiaohong Ma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, PR China
    • State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, PR China
    • ,
  • Dongming Li

      Affiliations

    • Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, PR China
    • ,
  • Ling Zou

      Affiliations

    • Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, PR China
    • ,
  • Hehan Tang

      Affiliations

    • Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, PR China
    • ,
  • Huafu Chen

      Affiliations

    • School of Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, PR China
    • ,
  • Tao Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, PR China
    • State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, PR China
    • Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Gong is to be contacted at Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, PR China. Tel.: +86 28 81812593; fax: +86 28 85423503. Li, Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK. Tel.: +44 20 78480390; fax: +44 20 78480886.
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  • Philip McGuire

      Affiliations

    • Section of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
    • ,
  • Qiyong Gong

      Affiliations

    • Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, PR China
    • Division of Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liverpool, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Gong is to be contacted at Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, PR China. Tel.: +86 28 81812593; fax: +86 28 85423503. Li, Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK. Tel.: +44 20 78480390; fax: +44 20 78480886.

Received 8 June 2007 ,Revised 24 January 2008 ,Accepted 13 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.02.004

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 171, Issue 2 , Pages 71-81 , 28 February 2009

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