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2054455

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-8-1
pubmed:abstractText
One percent (143) of patients who underwent cranial computed tomography at the Central Institute of Mental Health during the last 10 years had bilateral basal ganglia mineralization (BGM). The relationship of this finding to the psychiatric disorders in the group was evaluated by statistical comparison with a group of patients without BGM (control group). The odds ratios for affective disorders and for organic brain syndromes with affective or paranoid symptoms showed a mild, but statistically significant, increase in patients with BGM. There was no evidence of an increased proportion of dementia, schizophrenia, or alcoholism in those with BGM. Those with BGM had a higher mean age and significantly more cortical atrophy and ventricular enlargement than did patients without. These confounding variables contributed to clinical differences between the BGM and the control groups.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-3223
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
827-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
What is the psychiatric significance of bilateral basal ganglia mineralization?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't