Ventricular-brain ratio and life course of illness in patients with affective disorder

Peter P. Roy-Byrne; Robert M. Post; Charles H. Kellner; Russell T. Joffe; Thomas W. Uhde

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Ventricular-brain ratio and life course of illness in patients with affective disorder

Peter P. Roy-Byrne, Robert M. Post, Charles H. Kellner, Russell T. Joffe, Thomas W. Uhde

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Abstract

The relationship between ventricular-brain ratio (VBR) on computed tomography of the brain and life course of illness was assessed in 59 hospitalized patients with recurrent affective disorder. In contrast to the implications of some, but not all, prior studies, VBR was not positively related to episode frequency, severity, pattern, or chronicity. In fact, when analyzed by sex, in both males and females, VBR was inversely related to several measures of illness chronicity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	277-284
Number of pages	8
Journal	Psychiatry Research
Volume	23
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1781(88)90018-2
State	Published - Mar 1988
Externally published	Yes

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Ventricular-brain ratio (VBR)
computed tomography
life course of illness
recurrent affective disorder

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