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Quantitative computed tomographic study in schizophrenia: cerebral density and ventricle measures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Alessandro Rossi ,
Paolo Stratta ,
Luigi D'Albenzio ,
Vittorio Di Michele ,
Antonio Serio ,
Luigi Giordano ,
Concetta Petruzzi  and
Massimo Casacchia
Alessandro Rossi*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychiatry, S. M. Collemaggio Hospital, L'Aquila, and ‘Villa Serena’, Città S. Angelo (Pescara), Italy
Paolo Stratta
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychiatry, S. M. Collemaggio Hospital, L'Aquila, and ‘Villa Serena’, Città S. Angelo (Pescara), Italy
Luigi D'Albenzio
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychiatry, S. M. Collemaggio Hospital, L'Aquila, and ‘Villa Serena’, Città S. Angelo (Pescara), Italy
Vittorio Di Michele
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychiatry, S. M. Collemaggio Hospital, L'Aquila, and ‘Villa Serena’, Città S. Angelo (Pescara), Italy
Antonio Serio
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychiatry, S. M. Collemaggio Hospital, L'Aquila, and ‘Villa Serena’, Città S. Angelo (Pescara), Italy
Luigi Giordano
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychiatry, S. M. Collemaggio Hospital, L'Aquila, and ‘Villa Serena’, Città S. Angelo (Pescara), Italy
Concetta Petruzzi
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychiatry, S. M. Collemaggio Hospital, L'Aquila, and ‘Villa Serena’, Città S. Angelo (Pescara), Italy
Massimo Casacchia
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychiatry, S. M. Collemaggio Hospital, L'Aquila, and ‘Villa Serena’, Città S. Angelo (Pescara), Italy
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Alessandro Rossi, Clinica Psichiatrica dell' Università di L'Aquila, c/o Ospedale S. Maria di Collemaggio, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
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Synopsis

Twenty-seven chronic schizophrenics and nineteen controls, all male, were evaluated by computed tomography (CT) scans. Lateral, third and fourth ventricles and cerebral density numbers were measured. In the schizophrenic patients there was a significant increase in third ventricle width. Ventricular Brain Ratio (VBR) and there were significantly higher densities of white matter in the right frontal and parietal region.

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Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , May 1989 , pp. 337 - 342
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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