Erythrocyte polyunsaturated fatty acid levels in young people at ultra-high risk for psychotic disorder and healthy adolescent controls

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 174-176

  Rice, Simon M ^a   Schäfer, Miriam R ^a   Klier, Claudia ^b   Mossaheb, Nilufar ^c   Vijayakumar, Nandita ^a,d   Amminger, Günter Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIV KLIN KINDER JUGENDHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Psychosis; Ultra high risk

Indexed keywords

ADRENIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; HOMO GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; ULTRA HIGH RISK PATIENT; UPREGULATION; BLOOD; ERYTHROCYTE; METABOLISM; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930041503     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.04.036     Document Type: Article

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