A glimpse of gender differences in schizophrenia

. 2022 Aug 30;35(4):e100823.

doi: 10.1136/gpsych-2022-100823. eCollection 2022.

Xin Li ^{1

2}, Wanyan Zhou ², Zhenghui Yi ^{1

2}

Affiliations

Xin Li et al. Gen Psychiatr. 2022.

. 2022 Aug 30;35(4):e100823.

doi: 10.1136/gpsych-2022-100823. eCollection 2022.

Xin Li ^{1

2}, Wanyan Zhou ², Zhenghui Yi ^{1

2}

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
² Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

No abstract available

Keywords: psychiatry; schizophrenia.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Figure 1

Figure 1

Main structural and functional differences of brain between males and females among schizophrenia patients.

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