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This study was based on the examination of the CT scan changes in a group of schizophrenic patients from families with a high frequency of schizophrenia(HFS). It is our hypothesis that the patients composed a relatively homogenous sub-group. We chose to compare the CT scan measures of our schizophrenic patients with two other groups, a normal first degree relative group and a normal control group. Our purpose was to look for specific abnormalities in the brains of these three groups in order to evaluate their relationship to clinical manifestations of illness, prognosis and morbidity risk.
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Niu-Fan, G., He-Qin, Y., Guo-Jung, C., Ming-Dao, Z., Ming-Yuan, Z., Zhen-Yi, X. (1987). CT scans of the brain in families with a highfrequency of schizophrenia. In: Cazzullo, C.L., Invernizzi, G., Sacchetti, E., Vita, A. (eds) Etiopathogenetic Hypotheses of Schizophrenia. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3207-4_11
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