Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 173, Issue 2 , Pages 83-87 , 30 August 2009

Cerebellar substructures and neurological soft signs in first-episode schizophrenia

  • Philipp A. Thomann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Voss-Str. 4, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Voßstr. 4, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany. Tel.: +49 6221 56 38091; fax: +49 6221 56 1742.
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  • Martin Roebel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Voss-Str. 4, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Vasco Dos Santos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Voss-Str. 4, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Silke Bachmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Voss-Str. 4, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Marco Essig

      Affiliations

    • German Cancer Research Center, INF 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Johannes Schröder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Voss-Str. 4, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany

Received 31 July 2007 ,Revised 7 June 2008 ,Accepted 9 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.07.006

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 173, Issue 2 , Pages 83-87 , 30 August 2009

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