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Computed axial brain tomography in long-term benzodiazepine users

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

M. H. Lader ,
M. Ron  and
H. Petursson
M. H. Lader*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
M. Ron
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
H. Petursson
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
1Address for correspondence: Professor M. H. Lader Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF.
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Synopsis

Twenty patients who had taken long-term benzodiazepines were submitted to brain CT scan examinations. Some scans appeared abnormal. The mean ventricular/brain area measured by planimetry was increased over mean values in an age- and sex-matched group of control subjects but was less than that in a group of alcoholics. There was no significant relationship between CT scan appearances and the duration of benzodiazepine therapy. The clinical significance of the findings is unclear.

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Brief Communication
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , February 1984 , pp. 203 - 206
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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