Schizophrenia Research
Volume 123, Issue 1 , Pages 86-87 , October 2010

The relationship of brain weight to body mass index (BMI) upon autopsy in young people with severe mental illness

  • Heidi J. Wehring

      Affiliations

    • Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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  • Fang Liu

      Affiliations

    • Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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  • Robert P. McMahon

      Affiliations

    • Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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  • Elena A. Spieker

      Affiliations

    • Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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  • Kimberly R. Warren

      Affiliations

    • Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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  • Douglas L. Boggs

      Affiliations

    • Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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  • Raymond C. Love

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD, United States
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  • Dwight Dickinson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, VISN 5 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States
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  • Joo Cheol Shim

      Affiliations

    • Inje University, Paik Hospital, Republic of Korea
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  • David Fowler

      Affiliations

    • Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Baltimore, MD, United States
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  • Deanna L. Kelly

      Affiliations

    • Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. University of Maryland School of Medicine, PO Box 21247 Baltimore, MD 21228, United States. Tel.: +1 410 402 6860; fax: +1 410 402 6880.

Received 20 January 2010 ,Revised 15 April 2010 ,Accepted 19 April 2010.

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PII: S0920-9964(10)01262-4

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.04.009

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 123, Issue 1 , Pages 86-87 , October 2010

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