Brain Volumes in Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analysis in Over 18 000 Subjects
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"Brain Volumes in Schizophrenia: A M..." refers methods in this paper
...Studies that applied MRI to compare brain volumes between patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls were included if they fulfilled all following criteria: (1) the study was written in the English language, (2) the study was published in print between August 1998 and January 2012, (3) patient samples contained at least 10 individuals, (4) diagnosis was established according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (version III-R or IV) or International Classification of Diseases (version 9 or 10) criteria, (5) patient and control samples were matched with regard to age and sex, (6) patients with other illnesses than schizophrenia (ie, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder or psychosis not otherwise specified) did not account for more than 50% of patient samples, (7) reported volumes represented volumes instead of an area or a volume estimation by means of an inadequate number of slices, and (8) sufficient data were available in order to calculate effect sizes....
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"Brain Volumes in Schizophrenia: A M..." refers methods in this paper
...Studies that applied MRI to compare brain volumes between patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls were included if they fulfilled all following criteria: (1) the study was written in the English language, (2) the study was published in print between August 1998 and January 2012, (3) patient samples contained at least 10 individuals, (4) diagnosis was established according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (version III-R or IV) or International Classification of Diseases (version 9 or 10) criteria, (5) patient and control samples were matched with regard to age and sex, (6) patients with other illnesses than schizophrenia (ie, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder or psychosis not otherwise specified) did not account for more than 50% of patient samples, (7) reported volumes represented volumes instead of an area or a volume estimation by means of an inadequate number of slices, and (8) sufficient data were available in order to calculate effect sizes....
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...The same approach was applied to the meta-analysis on antipsychotic-naive patients, with 2 additional inclusion criteria: (1) patients were never exposed to antipsychotic medication before being scanned, (2) articles published before September 1998 were included as well....
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