Schizophrenia Research
Volume 89, Issue 1 , Pages 12-21 , January 2007

Cerebral grey, white matter and csf in never-medicated, first-episode schizophrenia

  • Siew E. Chua

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, S.A.R. China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +852 2855 4488; fax: +852 2855 1345.
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  • Charlton Cheung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, S.A.R. China
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  • Vinci Cheung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, S.A.R. China
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  • Jack T.K. Tsang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, S.A.R. China
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  • Eric Y.H. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, S.A.R. China
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  • Jason C.H. Wong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Life Sciences, Queen's University, Canada
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  • Jason P.Y. Cheung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, S.A.R. China
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  • Lawrance Yip

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, S.A.R. China
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  • Kin-shing Tai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, S.A.R. China
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  • John Suckling

      Affiliations

    • Brain Mapping Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, United Kingdom
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  • Gráinne M. McAlonan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, S.A.R. China

Received 29 June 2006 ,Revised 18 September 2006 ,Accepted 19 September 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2006.09.009

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 89, Issue 1 , Pages 12-21 , January 2007

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