CT scanning and schizophrenia: a review

J W Dennert; N C Andreasen

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CT scanning and schizophrenia: a review

J W Dennert and N C Andreasen

Psychiatric developments, Vol.1(1), pp.105-122

1983

PMID: 6371794

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Abstract

Methods currently used to quantify CT scans are reviewed, and the benefits and limitations of linear and area measurements are compared. The evidence suggesting that a subgroup of schizophrenics has significantly larger ventricles than normal is examined, with the conclusion that, while not diagnostically useful, ventricular enlargement is of use for theories of pathogenesis. Sulcal enlargement, brain density changes and cerebral asymmetry are also considered.

Cerebral Ventricles - pathology

Atrophy - diagnostic imaging

Cerebral Ventriculography

Brain - diagnostic imaging

Schizophrenia - diagnosis

Humans

Pneumoencephalography

Dominance, Cerebral

Brain - pathology

Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods

Schizophrenia - pathology

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Title: Subtitle: CT scanning and schizophrenia: a review
Creators: J W Dennert
N C Andreasen
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Psychiatric developments, Vol.1(1), pp.105-122
Publisher: England
PMID: 6371794
ISSN: 0262-9283
Grant note: MH31593-04A1 / NIMH NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 1983
Academic Unit: Psychiatry; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Record Identifier: 9984003967002771

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