Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 173, Issue 3 , Pages 163-169 , 30 September 2009

Gray matter abnormalities in subjects at ultra-high risk for schizophrenia and first-episode schizophrenic patients compared to healthy controls

  • Henning Witthaus

      Affiliations

    • Early Recognition and Therapy Centre for Psychoses Bochum (BoFit), Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Alexandrinenstrasse 1, 44791, Germany
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  • Christian Kaufmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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  • Georg Bohner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroradiology, Charité Campus Mitte, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Seza Özgürdal

      Affiliations

    • Early Recognition and Therapy Centre for Psychoses Bochum (BoFit), Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Alexandrinenstrasse 1, 44791, Germany
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  • Yehonala Gudlowski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Campus Mitte, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Jürgen Gallinat

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Campus Mitte, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Stephan Ruhrmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, 50924 Cologne, Germany
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  • Martin Brüne

      Affiliations

    • Early Recognition and Therapy Centre for Psychoses Bochum (BoFit), Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Alexandrinenstrasse 1, 44791, Germany
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  • Andreas Heinz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Campus Mitte, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Randolf Klingebiel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroradiology, Charité Campus Mitte, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Georg Juckel

      Affiliations

    • Early Recognition and Therapy Centre for Psychoses Bochum (BoFit), Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Alexandrinenstrasse 1, 44791, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. LWL Clinic Bochum, Psychiatry – Psychotherapy – Psychosomatic Medicine – Preventive Medicine, University of Bochum, Alexandrinenstr. 1, 44791 Bochum, Germany. Tel.: +49 234 5077 201; fax: +49 234 5077 204.

Received 26 June 2007 ,Revised 2 May 2008 ,Accepted 18 August 2008.

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PII: S0925-4927(08)00125-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.08.002

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 173, Issue 3 , Pages 163-169 , 30 September 2009

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