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3342267

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-3-28
pubmed:abstractText
Computerized tomographic brain scans were completed in 50 inpatients with anorexia nervosa and were compared with an age- and sex-matched control group. Seventy percent of the anorectic patients displayed enlarged lateral ventricles. There was a close link between ventricular size and low weight, but not between ventricular size and duration of the eating disorder. In addition, sulcal widening was observed more frequently in patients with enlarged ventricles than in patients without these structural changes. After weight gain, a statistically significant decrease in ventricular dilatation could be observed even when mean ventricular size still far exceeded that of the control subjects. The analysis of the endocrine and metabolic parameters, known to be indicators for the process of starvation, revealed a significant inverse correlation between triiodothyronine and ventricular size. Various possible pathogenetic mechanisms for the morphological brain alterations in patients with eating disorders are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0006-3223
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
377-87
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Endocrine, metabolic, and cranial computed tomographic findings in anorexia nervosa.
pubmed:affiliation
Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, F.R.G.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article