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Association of blood levels of C-reactive protein with clinical phenotypes in Arab schizophrenic patients.
Psychiatry research - 30 Aug 2009
Akanji Abayomi O, Ohaeri Jude U, Al-Shammri Suhail, Fatania Hasmukh R
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia may be associated with inflammatory reactions and C-reactive protein (CRP) is a nonspecific serum protein marker for persisting inflammatory states. This study aimed to assess concentrations of high sensitivity CRP (hsCRP) in schizophrenic Arab patients and evaluate the relationships of hsCRP levels with aspects of clinical phenotypes of the disease. Two age-matched groups of subjects were studied:...
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