Aetiological significance of middle-ear disease in schizophrenia
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Middle-ear disease and schizophrenia: case-control study.
BACKGROUND One hundred years ago psychiatrists thought that ear disease could cause insanity by irritation of the brain. Current understanding of the role of the temporal lobes in schizophrenia and their proximity to the middle ear supports this hypothesis. AIMS To establish the rate of middle-ear disease pre-dating the onset of schizophrenia. METHOD Eighty-four patients with schizophrenia ...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.194.1.89a