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Single-Photon Emission Computerised Tomography (Spect) in Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Keith Hawton ,
Basil Shepstone ,
Nigel Soper  and
Lawrie Reznek
Keith Hawton*
Affiliation:
Warneford Hospital and University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
Basil Shepstone
Affiliation:
John Radcliffe Hospital and University Department of Radiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU
Nigel Soper
Affiliation:
Department of Radiation Physics, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LJ
Lawrie Reznek
Affiliation:
Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

SPECT studies were carried out on three occasions in a woman with schizophrenia. Marked ‘hypofrontality’ was demonstrated during an acute phase of illness. A study during remission was within normal limits, but some return of the original defect was noted in a subsequent relapse. These findings parallel those found in PET studies of schizophrenia.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 3 , March 1990 , pp. 425 - 427
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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