TY - JOUR
T1 - A Computerized Tomographic Study in Patients with Delusional and Non‐delusional Depression
AU - Shiraishi, Hiroyasu
AU - Koizumi, Junzo
AU - Hori, Masashi
AU - Terashima, Yasushi
AU - Suzuki, Toshihito
AU - Saito, Kiichiro
AU - Mizukami, Katsuyoshi
AU - Tanaka, Yoshiro
AU - Yamaguchi, Naomi
PY - 1992/3
Y1 - 1992/3
N2 - Abstract: This is a description of a computerized tomographic study of 45 non‐delusional depressed, 29 delusional depressed patients and 77 neurotic control subjects. The cerebral atrophy ratio (CAR) on the three different slices and the ventricular ratio (VBR) of the anterior horn and the body of the lateral ventricles were calculated, analyzed and compared using Student's t test. Compared to the control subjects, the non‐delusional depressive patients had greater CAR values than the controls but there were no significant differences of VBR values between the two groups. The patients with delusional depression had significantly larger CAR and VBR avlues than the non‐delusional depressives and control subjects. The delusiond depressives had greater brain atrophy than the non‐delusionals and it was suggested that organic cerebral factors may have etiological significance in the depressions, especially the delusional depressives.
AB - Abstract: This is a description of a computerized tomographic study of 45 non‐delusional depressed, 29 delusional depressed patients and 77 neurotic control subjects. The cerebral atrophy ratio (CAR) on the three different slices and the ventricular ratio (VBR) of the anterior horn and the body of the lateral ventricles were calculated, analyzed and compared using Student's t test. Compared to the control subjects, the non‐delusional depressive patients had greater CAR values than the controls but there were no significant differences of VBR values between the two groups. The patients with delusional depression had significantly larger CAR and VBR avlues than the non‐delusional depressives and control subjects. The delusiond depressives had greater brain atrophy than the non‐delusionals and it was suggested that organic cerebral factors may have etiological significance in the depressions, especially the delusional depressives.
KW - cerebral atrophy ratio
KW - computed tomography
KW - delusional depression
KW - non‐delusional depression
KW - ventricular brain ratio
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1992.tb00823.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1992.tb00823.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 1635338
AN - SCOPUS:0026545340
SN - 1323-1316
VL - 46
SP - 99
EP - 105
JO - Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
JF - Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
IS - 1
ER -
