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. 1984 Sep;70(3):275-7.
doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1984.tb01208.x.

Depression and ventricular enlargement

S Shima, T Shikano, T Kitamura, Y Masuda, T Tsukumo, S Kanba, M Asai

Depression and ventricular enlargement

S Shima et al. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1984 Sep.

Abstract

Compared with controls, 46 depressed patients showed increased ventricular-brain ratio (VBR). Patients with poor outcome, single episode, onset at 50 years or over, or without melancholia were found to have greater VBR than controls.

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