Lateral ventricular size, educational level and patient subtypes in schizophrenia.
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V di Michele
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Reduced temporal lobe areas in schizophrenia: preliminary evidences from a controlled multiplanar magnetic resonance imaging study.
Seventeen young patients with relapsing schizophrenia and 13 normal controls matched for age, gender, and educational level underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. Three sagittal, eight axial, and seven coronal images were obtained for all subjects. Schizophrenic patients showed a reduction of brain tissue in the temporal lobes. Among the several brain structures identified, left temporal lobe area, but not ventricular brain ratio (VBR), discriminated between the two groups. As VBR has been reported to be increased in the more severe forms of schizophrenia, temporal lobe abnormalities may characterize the less severe cases of schizophrenia.
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Failure to convulse with ECT.
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A computerized tomographic study in patients with depressive disorder: a comparison with schizophrenic patients and controls.
Using computed tomography, Ventricular Brain Ratio (VBR) was assessed in a sample of 42 depressive patients, 36 schizophrenic patients and 37 controls. The values of affective patients laid between, but did not differ significantly from those of schizophrenic patients on the one hand and controls on the other. The schizophrenic patients showed VBR increase when compared to controls. Possible implications of VBR measurement, in patients with affective illness are discussed.
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