Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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Department of Psychiatry, Kasr Al-Ainy Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

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• Research Article   
  Retinal Micro Vascular Changes in Egyptian Schizophrenics
  Author(s): Dalia Hamed Khalil*, Kerollos Aziz, Mohamed Khalil and Aref Khowyled
  
  Objective: The aim of this study was to compare patients with schizophrenia to normal individuals as regard retinal micro vascular caliber and to correlate it with disease duration and psychometric sub-scores. Materials and Methods: Observational analytic case control study included 60 subjects distributed as; Group A: Thirty patients 20-40 years, were recruited consecutively (convenient sample) from the inpatient ward of Kasr Al-Ainy Psychiatry and Addiction Hospital diagnosed to have schizophrenia according to the diagnostic criteria of the 4th edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-text revised according to Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) Axis I Disorders, on medications only. Group B: Thirty subjects who matched the patients group in age, sex and education, with no history of psychiatr.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-9570.22.13.917

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