Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 183, Issue 1 , Pages 30-37 , 30 July 2010

Corpus callosum morphology and relationship to orbitofrontal and lateral ventricular volume in teenagers with first-presentation borderline personality disorder

  • Mark Walterfang

      Affiliations

    • Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • Neuropsychiatry Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Level 2, John Cade Building, Royal Melbourne Hospital 3050, Australia.
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  • Andrew M. Chanen

      Affiliations

    • Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • Orygen Youth Health Clinical Program, Northwestern Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Sarah Barton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Southern Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Amanda G. Wood

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Southern Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
    • Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Sheena Jones

      Affiliations

    • Victorian Dual Disability Service, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • David C. Reutens

      Affiliations

    • Advanced Imaging Centre, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    • ,
  • Jian Chen

      Affiliations

    • Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Dennis Velakoulis

      Affiliations

    • Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • Neuropsychiatry Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Patrick D. McGorry

      Affiliations

    • Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • Orygen Youth Health Clinical Program, Northwestern Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Christos Pantelis

      Affiliations

    • Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia

Received 21 February 2010 ,Accepted 7 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.04.001

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