Am J Psychiatry 1987; 144:1216-1218
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Increased ventricle-to-brain ratio in late-onset schizophrenia

P Rabins, G Pearlson, G Jayaram, C Steele and L Tune

For 29 patients with schizophrenia that began after age 44, the mean ventricle-to-brain ratio was significantly higher than for 23 age- matched normal subjects but significantly smaller than for 23 patients with Alzheimer's disease and hallucinations or delusions.

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