Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 174, Issue 2 , Pages 116-120 , 30 November 2009

Volumes of brain, grey and white matter and cerebrospinal fluid in schizophrenia in the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort: An epidemiological approach to analysis

  • Päivikki Tanskanen

      Affiliations

    • University of Oulu, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, P.O. Box 50, FIN-90029 Oulu, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +358 8 315 5363; fax: +358 8 315 5455.
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  • Marianne Haapea

      Affiliations

    • University of Oulu, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, P.O. Box 50, FIN-90029 Oulu, Finland
    • University of Oulu, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. Box 5000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
    • ,
  • Juha Veijola

      Affiliations

    • University of Oulu, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. Box 5000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
    • Academy of Finland, PL 99, FIN-00501 Helsinki, Finland
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  • Jouko Miettunen

      Affiliations

    • University of Oulu, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. Box 5000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
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  • Marjo-Riitta Järvelin

      Affiliations

    • University of Oulu, Department of Public Health Science and General Practice, P.O. Box 5000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
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  • Juhani Pyhtinen

      Affiliations

    • University of Oulu, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, P.O. Box 50, FIN-90029 Oulu, Finland
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  • Peter B. Jones

      Affiliations

    • University of Cambridge, Department of Psychiatry, Box 189, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
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  • Matti Isohanni

      Affiliations

    • University of Oulu, Department of Psychiatry, P.O. Box 5000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland

Received 12 February 2007 ,Revised 23 April 2009 ,Accepted 24 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.04.009

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 174, Issue 2 , Pages 116-120 , 30 November 2009

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