Plasma manganese, selenium, zinc, copper, and iron concentrations in patients with schizophrenia

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-117

  Yanik, Medaim ^a   Kocyigit, Abdurrahim ^a   Tutkun, Hamdi ^b   Vural, Huseyin ^a   Herken, Hasan ^b  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Copper; Iron; Manganese; Schizophrenia; Selenium; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; MANGANESE; PLASMA PROTEIN; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; COPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MANGANESE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 2342559830     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:98:2:109     Document Type: Article

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