Serum Copper in Schizophrenia in Nigerians
Autor: | T. Asuni, D. A. Olatunbosun, B. K. Adadevoh, M. O. Akindele |
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Rok vydání: | 1975 |
Předmět: |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Nigeria Serum copper 03 medical and health sciences Sex Factors 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Healthy control medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Normal control business.industry Spectrophotometry Atomic Nigerians Middle Aged medicine.disease 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Endocrinology Schizophrenia Female business Copper |
Zdroj: | British Journal of Psychiatry. 127:119-121 |
ISSN: | 1472-1465 0007-1250 |
DOI: | 10.1192/bjp.127.2.119 |
Popis: | SummarySerum copper concentrations were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry in 102 schizophrenic patients and 95 healthy control subjects. The serum copper concentrations were significantly higher in the schizophrenic patients than in the normal control subjects. The average serum copper in schizophrenic females was higher than in schizophrenic males, but the difference was not statistically significant |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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