Neuroradiological and neuropsychological
assessment in anorexia nervosa.
Palazidou E, Robinson P, Lishman WA.
Department of Psychiatry, King's College
Hospital, London.
Seventeen patients with anorexia nervosa
were examined by computed tomography
(CT) and psychometry and compared with
ten normal control subjects. The
patients were found to have enlarged
external cerebrospinal fluid spaces
compared to controls. No differences
were found in ventricular size and X-ray
absorption density measurements between
patients and controls. The patients
performed abnormally on the symbol digit
test, the scores of which displayed a
significant negative correlation with
the CT scan changes.
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