Higher levels of serum copper in schizophrenic patients treated with depot neuroleptics

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-58

  Herrán, Andrés ^a   García Unzueta, María Teresa ^a   Fernández González, María Dolores ^a   Vázquez Barquero, José Luis ^a   Alvarez, Concepción ^a   Amado, Jose Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Case control study; Copper; Mental disorders; Schizophrenia; Trace elements; Zinc

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUSTAINED RELEASE FORMULATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; COPPER; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; ZINC;

EID: 0343091268     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(00)00126-8     Document Type: Article

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