Electrolytes in erythrocytes of patients with depressive disorders

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 529-533

  Kamei, Kenji ^a,b   Tabata, Osamu ^a   Muneoka, Katsumasa ^a   Muraoka, Shin Ichiro ^a   Tomiyoshi, Rika ^a   Takigawa, Morikuni ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium; Depressive disorders; Erythrocyte; Magnesium; Potassium; Sodium; Trait marker

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATIONS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 0031767208     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1998.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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