Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 42 No. 4, 2003.
Professional paper
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Brain and Neuropsychological Testing in Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Schizophrenia
Dalibor Karlović
Vlasta Solter
Miljenko Kalousek
Abstract
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning of the brain, soft neurologic signs, and personality and neuropsychologic assessment were used in a pair of monozygotic twins aged 25, discordant for schizophrenia. Brain MRI showed diffuse cortical atrophy of frontal, parietal and temporal brain lobes in both twins. Coronal plane MRI revealed decreased amygdala and hippocampus, and enlarged third and fourth lateral ventricles in the affected twin.
Keywords
Brain abnormalities; Schizophrenia, pathology; Schizophrenia, genetics; Magnetic resonance imaging, diagnosis; Twins, monozygotic
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Publication date:
1.12.2003.
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