High serum and cerebrospinal fluid Ca/Mg ratio in recently hospitalized acutely depressed patients

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 63-70

  Levine, Joseph ^a,d   Stein, Daniel ^b   Rapoport, Avraham ^c   Kurtzman, Larisa ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Calcium; Cerebrospinal fluid; Magnesium; Major depression; Serum

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033022536     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026562     Document Type: Article

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