Abstract
Recent research has demonstrated statistically significant differences between the ventricular-brain ratios (VBRs) of schizophrenic patients and control subjects. In this study the VBRs of teenage schizophrenic/schizophreniform patients (N=15) and borderline patients (N=8) were measured and compared with those of controls of similar ages (N=18). The schizophrenic group had significantly larger ventricles than the other two groups p<.0001). These findings support the hypothesis of previous investigators that ventricular enlargement is present early in the course of schizophrenia.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1592-1595 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | American Journal of Psychiatry |
| Volume | 140 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1983 |
| Externally published | Yes |