Compounded Brain Volume Deficits in Schizophrenia-Alcoholism Comorbidity
Author(s) -
Daniel H. Mathalon,
Adolf Pfefferbaum,
Kelvin O. Lim,
Margaret J. Rosenbloom,
Edith V. Sullivan
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.60.3.245
Subject(s) - schizoaffective disorder , comorbidity , psychiatry , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychology , alcohol dependence , brain size , psychosis , white matter , clinical psychology , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , alcohol , biochemistry , chemistry , radiology
Schizophrenia and alcoholism are characterized by brain volume abnormalities. Despite the frequent comorbidity of these conditions, the potentially compounded effects of comorbidity on brain structure have seldom been rigorously assessed.
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