Symptomatic, Familial, Perinatal, and Social Correlates of Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT) Changes in Schizophrenics and Bipolars
PEARLSON G, GARBACZ D, MOBERG P, AHN H, DEPAULO J. Symptomatic, Familial, Perinatal, and Social Correlates of Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT) Changes in Schizophrenics and Bipolars. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 1985, 173: 42-50. PMID: 3965611, DOI: 10.1097/00005053-198501000-00007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentricular enlargementFamily historyNegative symptomsComputerized axial tomography scanLateral ventricular enlargementAxial tomography scanPast psychiatric historyEarly brain damageMarked ventricular enlargementSubgroup of schizophrenicsPoor premorbid adjustmentLateral ventricularTomography changesBrain ratioPatient groupBrain damageTomography scanPsychiatric illnessPsychiatric historyBipolar patientsNormal controlsEarly onsetPatientsPremorbid adjustmentSignificant proportion