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Brain scan could help spot schizophrenia earlier

(HealthScout) UPDATED 2009-09-10

A new form of MRI scanning technology may help doctors diagnose schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders earlier, researchers say. The brain scan suggests that 70 percent of people who go on to develop schizophrenia in a region of the hippocampus known as the CA1 subfield. By using this technology, scientists hope that they will be able to begin treating psychotic disorders very early, which they believe may help patients and their families better control symptoms. Read full story >

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