Schizophrenia Research
Volume 89, Issue 1 , Pages 49-58 , January 2007

MRI abnormalities of the hippocampus and cavum septi pellucidi in females with schizotypal personality disorder

  • Chandlee C. Dickey

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neuroscience Division, Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, VA Boston Healthcare System, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 1249 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02215, USA. Tel.: +1 617 525 6162; fax: +1 617 525 6150.
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  • Robert W. McCarley

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neuroscience Division, Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, VA Boston Healthcare System, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Mina L. Xu

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neuroscience Division, Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, VA Boston Healthcare System, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Larry J. Seidman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts Mental Health Center Public Psychiatry Division of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Martina M. Voglmaier

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neuroscience Division, Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, VA Boston Healthcare System, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Margaret A. Niznikiewicz

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neuroscience Division, Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, VA Boston Healthcare System, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Erin Connor

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neuroscience Division, Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, VA Boston Healthcare System, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Martha E. Shenton

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neuroscience Division, Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, VA Boston Healthcare System, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA

Received 15 May 2006 ,Revised 14 August 2006 ,Accepted 16 August 2006.

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Schizophrenia Research
Volume 89, Issue 1 , Pages 49-58 , January 2007

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