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Ventricular enlargement in normal weight bulimia
Author(s) -
Kiriike N.,
Nishiwaki S.,
Nagata T.,
Inoue Y.,
Inoue K.,
Kawakita Y.
Publication year - 1990
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.1600-0447.1990.tb03064.x
Subject(s) - endocrine system , medicine , bulimia nervosa , correlation , cardiology , psychology , nuclear medicine , psychiatry , eating disorders , hormone , geometry , mathematics
Cranial computed tomography (CT) scans of 17 patients with bulimia were compared with those of 21 age‐ and sex‐matched controls. The ventricular brain ratio (VBR) of the bulimics was 7.29, which was significantly greater than the 4.55 seen in controls. However, no correlation was found between VBRs and clinical variables, endocrine or metabolic parameters.