The acute transient polymorphic psychosis: A biochemical subtype of the cycloid psychosis

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-43

  Pepplinkhuizen, L ^a   Van der Heijden, F M M A ^b   Tuinier, S ^b   Verhoeven, W M A ^a,b   Fekkes, D ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VINCENT VAN GOGH INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute polymorphic psychosis; Amino acids; Cycloid psychosis; Serine; TSM ratio

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; GLYCINE; SERINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CARBON METABOLISM; CATATONIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOSIS;

EID: 0037611036     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-5215.2003.00016.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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