## Abstract Echoencephalography (ECHO) on 100 consecutive acute shortβterm psychiatric admissions showed a high (12 per cent) incidence of abnormalities. Incidence of midline ECHO abnormalities was 2 per cent, comparable to similar studies. Ventricular enlargement accounted for the majority of ECHO
Modelling the frequency of psychiatric admissions
β Scribed by Dean P. McKenzie; Andrew J. Mackinnon; Colin Martindale; David M. Clarke
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 59 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1049-8931
- DOI
- 10.1002/mpr.43
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