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Am J Psychiatry 1984; 141:438-439
Copyright © 1984 by American Psychiatric Association

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Association between cerebral ventricular enlargement and suicide attempts in chronic schizophrenia

AB Levy, N Kurtz and AS Kling

The ventricular-brain ratios (VBRs) of 32 chronic schizophrenic men were determined by CAT scan. Ten of the 12 patients with VBRs above 8.4% had made suicide attempts, compared with two of the 20 patients with VBRs below 8.4%.




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