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First-Rank Symptoms of Schneider in Late Paraphrenia

Cortical Structural Correlates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Robert J. Howard ,
Hans Förstl ,
Mohsen Naguib ,
Alistair Burns  and
Raymond Levy
Robert J. Howard*
Affiliation:
Section of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
Hans Förstl
Affiliation:
Section of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry
Mohsen Naguib
Affiliation:
St Charles' Hospital, Exmoor Street, London W10
Alistair Burns
Affiliation:
Section of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry
Raymond Levy
Affiliation:
Section of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

The brains of 41 late paraphrenics, 16 of whom had first-rank symptoms, were examined by CT. Late paraphrenics with first-rank symptoms had significantly less cortical atrophy than those without them.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 160 , Issue 1 , January 1992 , pp. 108 - 109
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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