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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings In Patients With Schizophrenia, Waseem Akhtar, Haider A Naqvi, Sajjad Hussain, Arif Ali, Nadeem Ahmad
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings In Patients With Schizophrenia, Waseem Akhtar, Haider A Naqvi, Sajjad Hussain, Arif Ali, Nadeem Ahmad
Department of Radiology
OBJECTIVE: To determine structural abnormalities in the brain of patients with schizophrenia by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
STUDY DESIGN: Comparative study.
PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: The Departments of Radiology and Psychiatry, the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from January 2007 to June 2008.
METHODOLOGY: Thirty-three cases of schizophrenia (n=33) and thirty-three age-matched controls, (n=33) were enrolled for this study. Screening Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of brain was done in order to see structural changes in brain matter. Findings were compared among groups using chi-square and Fisher's exact test with significance at p < 0.05.
RESULTS: Among the total of 66 (n=66) …