Article
Acute phase proteins in schizophrenia, mania and major depression: modulation by psychotropic drugs.
Psychiatry research - 15 Jan 1997
Maes M, Delange J, Ranjan R, Meltzer H Y, Desnyder R, Cooremans W, Scharpé S
Abstract excerpt
Recently, an acute phase (AP) protein response has been reported in major depression. In order to examine whether an AP response occurs in other psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia and mania, the authors measured plasma AP reactants, such as haptoglobin (Hp), immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgM,...
Topics
- Acute-Phase Proteins
- Adult
- Bipolar Disorder
- Cytokines
- Depressive Disorder
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Plasma
- Psychotropic Drugs
- Schizophrenia