Acute phase proteins in male Chinese schizophrenic patients in Singapore

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-171

  Wong, Chong Thim ^a   Tsoi, Wing Foo ^a   Saha, Nilmani ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

acute; acute phase proteins; Chinese; chronic; psycholeptic drugs; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; CERULOPLASMIN; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOPEXIN; PLASMINOGEN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; THYROXINE BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHINA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0030588988     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(96)00037-0     Document Type: Article

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