Schizophrenia Research
Volume 116, Issue 2 , Pages 196-203 , February 2010

Gray and white matter volumetric and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) analyses in the early stage of first-episode schizophrenia

  • Junji Moriya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Shingo Kakeda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine, Japan
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  • Osamu Abe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Naoki Goto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine, Japan
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  • Reiji Yoshimura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine, Japan
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  • Hikaru Hori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine, Japan
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  • Norihiro Ohnari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine, Japan
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  • Toru Sato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine, Japan
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  • Shigeki Aoki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Kuni Ohtomo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan
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  • Jun Nakamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine, Japan
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  • Yukunori Korogi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine, Japan

Received 13 March 2009 ,Revised 28 September 2009 ,Accepted 4 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.10.002

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 116, Issue 2 , Pages 196-203 , February 2010

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