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JAMA. 1977;237(12):1229-1230. doi: 10.1001/jama.1977.03270390045024

Absence of Cerebral Atrophy in Chronic Cannabis Users

Evaluation by Computerized Transaxial Tomography

  1. Ben T. Co, MD;
  2. Donald W. Goodwin, MD;
  3. Mokhtar Gado, MD;
  4. Michael Mikhael, MD;
  5. Shirley Y. Hill, PhD
  1. From the Departments of Psychiatry (Drs Co and Hill) and Radiology (Drs Gado and Mikhael), Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, and from the Department of Psychiatry, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kan (Dr Goodwin).

Abstract

Computerized transaxial tomography (CTT) studies of 12 young men having histories of heavy cannabis smoking revealed no evidence of cerebral atrophy.

(JAMA 237:1229-1230, 1977)

Footnotes

  • Reprint requests to Department of Psychiatry, University of Kansas School of Medicine, 39th and Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66103 (Dr Goodwin).

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