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Depression and ventricular enlargement
Author(s) -
Shima S.,
Shikano T.,
Kitamura T.,
Masuda Y.,
Tsukumo T.,
Kanba S.,
Asai M.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1984.tb01208.x
Subject(s) - melancholia , depression (economics) , medicine , cardiology , psychology , dexamethasone , economics , macroeconomics
– Compared with controls, 46 depressed patients showed increased ventricular‐brain ratio (VER). Patients with poor outcome, single episode, onset at 50 years or over, or without melancholia were found to have greater VBR than controls.