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Head circumference in elderly long-stay patients with schizophrenia.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1958959     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The head circumference of a long-stay population with schizophrenia was compared with that of a population with dementia, matched for sex and year of birth. Schizophrenics had a smaller head circumference, even after correction for height and weight. This confirms earlier but inconclusive and controversial reports, and might be taken as supporting a neurodevelopmental hypothesis of the aetiology of schizophrenia.
Authors:
G H Jones; J E Lewis
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science     Volume:  159     ISSN:  0007-1250     ISO Abbreviation:  Br J Psychiatry     Publication Date:  1991 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-01-07     Completed Date:  1992-01-07     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0342367     Medline TA:  Br J Psychiatry     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  435-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Brain / physiopathology
Cephalometry*
Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders / diagnosis,  physiopathology*,  psychology
Dementia / diagnosis,  physiopathology*,  psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Schizophrenia / diagnosis,  physiopathology*
Schizophrenic Psychology*
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Br J Psychiatry. 1992 Apr;160:564-5   [PMID:  1571765 ]

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