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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*
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

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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Brief Reports
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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