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- Title
Plasma Biopterin Levels of Patients with Affective Disorders.
- Authors
Hashimoto, R.; Ozaki, N.; Ohta, T.; Kasahara, Y.; Kaneda, N.; Nagatsu, T.
- Abstract
The plasma biopterin levels of 13 patients with affective disorders were measured both in the symptomatic phase and in the remission phase, and under no influence of psychotropic drugs except lithium and/or carbamazepine by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection, and were compared with those of normal controls. The biopterin levels of patiens in the symptomatic phase were elevated significantly as compared with those of normal controls, and the elevation tended to be more pronounced in the hypomanic phase than in the depressive phase. In contrast, the biopterin levels of patients in remission were not different from those of normal controls. Copyright © 1988 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Publication
Neuropsychobiology, 1988, Vol 19, Issue 2, p61
- ISSN
0302-282X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000118435