Differences in CT findings within schizophrenics may be due to varying severity of the illness.
The authors investigated the importance of severity and duration of illness in schizophrenia with regard to findings on computerised tomographic (CT) scans. Two groups are compared, one from a state hospital's chronic ward and the other group from a university hospital. They provide evidence to propose increased ventricular size is an indicator of severity of illness.
Pandurangi
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AK
Medical College of Virginia, MCV Station, Richmond 23298-0710.
Pelonero
A L
AL
Goldberg
S C
SC
Hill
M M
MM
Gulati
A G
AG
Hamer
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RM
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed