CT scan abnormalities and outcome of chronic schizophrenia.

Vita, A; Dieci, M; Giobbio, G M; Azzone, P; Garbarini, M; Sacchetti, E; Cesana, B M; Cazzullo, C L · Am J Psychiatry · 1991

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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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