Cerebrospinal fluid tau protein levels in schizophrenia

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 253, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 100-102

  Schönknecht, Peter ^a   Hempel, Albrecht ^a   Hunt, Aoife ^a   Seidl, Ulrich ^a   Volkmann, Martin ^a   Pantel, Johannes ^a   Schröder, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; CSF; Dementia; Schizophrenia; Tau protein

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TAU PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORYLATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORYLATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0141446378     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-003-0415-8     Document Type: Article

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