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7480378

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-12-8
pubmed:abstractText
Although an increase in the ratio of ventricular space to brain (ventricle-brain ratio), VBR) on computed tomography (CT) has been among the most robust findings in chronic schizophrenia, VBR has not been investigated in a large, well-characterized clinical population of patients with schizotypal personality disorder (SPD), a clinical entity with a phenomenologic, gentle biological, and treatment response relationship to chronic schizophrenia. Accordingly, CT scans were obtained in 36 male SPD patients, 23 males with other personality disorders, 133 male schizophrenic patients, and 42 male normal volunteers. The mean body of the lateral VBR was significantly greater in the SPD patients than in the patients with other personality disorders. The VBR of the SPD patients did not differ significantly from either that of the normal volunteers or the schizophrenic patients but was intermediate between the two groups. There were no correlations with either psychotic-like or deficit-related symptoms of SPD in either the SPD or total personality disorder cohorts. SPD patients, like schizophrenic patients, may have increased VBRs compared wit patients with other personality disorders; their VBRs fall between the means of schizophrenic patients and normal control subjects.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0165-1781
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
109-18
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-4-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Lateral ventricular enlargement in schizotypal personality disorder.
pubmed:affiliation
Psychiatry Service (116A), Bronx VA Medical Center, NY 10468, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.