1. CT scan abnormalities and outcome of chronic schizophrenia
- Author
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M. Dieci, Bruno Mario Cesana, M. Garbarini, G.M. Giobbio, Carlo Lorenzo Cazzullo, Paolo Azzone, Antonio Vita, and Emilio Sacchetti
- Subjects
Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Psychosis ,Computed tomography ,Severity of Illness Index ,Atrophy ,Severity of illness ,medicine ,Humans ,Psychiatry ,Cortical atrophy ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Brain ,Middle Aged ,Prognosis ,medicine.disease ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Cerebral cortex ,Schizophrenia ,Chronic Disease ,Female ,Chronic schizophrenia ,Radiology ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Psychology ,Social Adjustment ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
The authors evaluated the relationship between brain morphological characteristics assessed by means of computerized tomography and the 2-year clinical and social outcomes of 18 patients with chronic schizophrenia. Cerebral structural abnormalities, especially cortical atrophy, were associated with a poorer outcome in several areas of clinical and social functioning.
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- 1991