Incidence of ectopic gray matter in patients with schizophrenia and healthy control subjects studied with MRI.
Magnetic resonance imaging scans were visually inspected to investigate the incidence of gray matter heterotopia (GMH) in a group of 55 schizophrenic patients and a group of 75 control subjects. No GMHs were found in the control subjects. In the patient group, 1 GMH was found, an incidence of 1.8%.
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 52242, USA.
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