Schizophrenia Research
Volume 119, Issue 1 , Pages 52-60 , June 2010

White matter abnormalities in first-episode schizophrenia: A combined structural MRI and DTI study

  • Wai-Yen Chan

      Affiliations

    • Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
    • ,
  • Guo-Liang Yang

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Laboratory, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
    • ,
  • Ming-Ying Chia

      Affiliations

    • Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
    • ,
  • Ik-Yung Lau

      Affiliations

    • Health Products Regulation Group, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore
    • ,
  • Yih-Yian Sitoh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroradiology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore
    • ,
  • Wieslaw Lucjan Nowinski

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Laboratory, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
    • ,
  • Kang Sim

      Affiliations

    • Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
    • Department of General Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, 10, Buangkok View, 539747, Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of General Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, 10, Buangkok View, 539747, Singapore. Tel.: +65 63892032; fax: +65 63855900.

Received 22 June 2009 ,Revised 25 November 2009 ,Accepted 14 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.12.012

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 119, Issue 1 , Pages 52-60 , June 2010

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