The concept of staging in bipolar disorder: The role of BDNF and TNF-alpha as biomarkers

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 272-274

  Kapczinski, Flávio ^a,b,c   Fernandes, Brisa Simões ^a,b,c   Kauer Sant'Anna, Márcia ^a,b,c   Gama, Clarissa Severino ^a,b,c   Yatham, Lakshmi N ^d   Berk, Michael ^e,f,g  

^a Hospital de Clnicas de Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f ORYGEN RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^g FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 70449436454     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2009.00410.x     Document Type: Editorial

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