Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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335404 | Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
This longitudinal MRI study investigated the pituitary volume in 17 patients with chronic schizophrenia and 17 matched controls. In contrast to previous findings of pituitary expansion during the first episode of schizophrenia, the chronic patients showed non-significant mild pituitary atrophy, suggesting that the pituitary volume changes differently at different illness stages.
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Authors
Tsutomu Takahashi, Mikio Kido, Kazue Nakamura, Atsushi Furuichi, Shi-Yu Zhou, Yasuhiro Kawasaki, Kyo Noguchi, Hikaru Seto, Masayoshi Kurachi, Michio Suzuki,