PMID- 11029833
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20001026
LR  - 20161124
IS  - 0535-5133 (Print)
IS  - 0535-5133 (Linking)
VI  - 41
IP  - 3
DP  - 2000 Sep
TI  - Computerized brain tomography in patients with Schizophrenia.
PG  - 167-77
AB  - We carried out brain tomography of 27 patients with schizophrenia and 17 normal 
      control subjects. DSM-IV criteria were used for diagnosis. The parameters studied 
      were: brain volume, lateral and third ventricles, brain surface and brain 
      indexes. Previously the patients were evaluated with the following clinical 
      scales: Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), Brief Psychiatric Rating 
      Scale (BPRS), Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF) and the GRAFFAR scale 
      to evaluate cultural and socioeconomical levels. We detected an increase in the 
      right and left lateral ventricles: brain ratios, an increase in the width of 
      Sylvian fissures and in the third ventricle index. We did not find differences 
      that could be related to sex or to a familial history of mental disease. No 
      differences were observed in the group receiving medication when compared with 
      the group of untreated patients.
FAU - Prieto-Rincon, D
AU  - Prieto-Rincon D
AD  - Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas (Inbiomed)-Fundacite Zulia, Maracaibo, 
      Venezuela.
FAU - Montiel, M A
AU  - Montiel MA
FAU - Bonilla, E
AU  - Bonilla E
FAU - Pinerua, L
AU  - Pinerua L
FAU - Mora, E
AU  - Mora E
FAU - Siciliano, S
AU  - Siciliano S
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Venezuela
TA  - Invest Clin
JT  - Investigacion clinica
JID - 0421531
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Brain/*diagnostic imaging
MH  - Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale
MH  - Cerebral Ventriculography
MH  - Data Interpretation, Statistical
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - Schizophrenia/*diagnosis/therapy
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - *Tomography, X-Ray Computed
EDAT- 2000/10/13 11:00
MHDA- 2001/02/28 10:01
CRDT- 2000/10/13 11:00
PHST- 2000/10/13 11:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/02/28 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2000/10/13 11:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Invest Clin. 2000 Sep;41(3):167-77.