TY - JOUR
T1 - Cerebral ventricular enlargement in schizophreniform disorder does not progress A seven year follow-up study
AU - Jaskiw, George E.
AU - Juliano, Denise M.
AU - Goldberg, Terence E.
AU - Hertzman, Marc
AU - Urow-Hamell, Edward
AU - Weinberger, Daniel R.
PY - 1994/12
Y1 - 1994/12
N2 - Ten patients, who underwent computerized tomography (CT) study during evaluation for first episode schizophreniform psychosis were restudied an average of 7 years later. Of the 10 patients, 7 were found to carry a diagnosis of schizophrenia at follow-up. In this subgroup, there was no significant change in the mean ventricular brain ratio measure of cerebral ventricular size between the index and follow-up scans. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that ventricular enlargement is present at the onset of schizophrenia and does not progress with duration of illness or treatment.
AB - Ten patients, who underwent computerized tomography (CT) study during evaluation for first episode schizophreniform psychosis were restudied an average of 7 years later. Of the 10 patients, 7 were found to carry a diagnosis of schizophrenia at follow-up. In this subgroup, there was no significant change in the mean ventricular brain ratio measure of cerebral ventricular size between the index and follow-up scans. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that ventricular enlargement is present at the onset of schizophrenia and does not progress with duration of illness or treatment.
KW - Chronic schizophrenia
KW - Computerized tomography
KW - Schizophreniform
KW - Ventricular brain ratio
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U2 - 10.1016/0920-9964(94)90005-1
DO - 10.1016/0920-9964(94)90005-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 7893618
AN - SCOPUS:0027940408
SN - 0920-9964
VL - 14
SP - 23
EP - 28
JO - Schizophrenia Research
JF - Schizophrenia Research
IS - 1
ER -