Schizophrenia Research
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 19-28 , 16 March 2000

Cerebellar vermis area in schizophrenic patients — a post-mortem study

  • Tillmann Supprian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Würzburg, Füchsleinstrasse 15, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49-6841-16-4100; fax: +49-6841-16-4147
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  • Gerd Ulmar

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Center Nordbaden, PZN, Heidelberger Strasse 1a, 69168 Wiesloch, Germany
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  • Manfred Bauer

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Center Nordbaden, PZN, Heidelberger Strasse 1a, 69168 Wiesloch, Germany
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  • Michael Schüler

      Affiliations

    • State Hospital of Psychiatry, District Oberfranken, Nordring 2, 95445 Bayreuth, Germany
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  • Klaus Püschel

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Medicine, Butenfeld 34, 22529 Hamburg, Germany
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  • Petra Retz-Junginger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Würzburg, Füchsleinstrasse 15, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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  • Horst Peter Schmitt

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neuropathology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 220, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Helmut Heinsen

      Affiliations

    • Morphological Brain Research, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider Strasse 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany

Received 13 October 1998 ,Accepted 9 June 1999.

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Schizophrenia Research
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 19-28 , 16 March 2000

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