Fibrin degradation products in post mortem brain tissue of schizophrenics: A possible marker for underlying inflammatory processes

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 103-109

  Körschenhausen, Dirk A ^a   Hampel, Harald J ^b   Ackenheil, Manfred ^b   Penning, Randolf ^b   Müller, Norbert ^b  

^a Marianne Strauss Clinic   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain tissue; Fibrin degradation; Inflammation; Schizophrenia; Two dimensional gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0343725649     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-9964(95)00073-9     Document Type: Article

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