Ventricular enlargement in normal weight bulimia.
Cranial computed tomography (CT) scans of 17 patients with bulimia were compared with those of 21 age- and sex-matched controls. The ventricular brain ratio (VBR) of the bulimics was 7.29, which was significantly greater than the 4.55 seen in controls. However, no correlation was found between VBRs and clinical variables, endocrine or metabolic parameters.
Kiriike
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Department of Neuropsychiatry, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
Nishiwaki
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S
Nagata
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Inoue
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Y
Inoue
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K
Kawakita
Y
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D002032:Bulimia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed