Urinary excretion of biopterin and neopterin in psychiatric disorders.
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Duch, DS; Woolf, JH; Nichol, CA; Davidson, JR; Garbutt, JC
Published in: Psychiatry Res
February 1984
Levels of urinary neopterin and biopterin were determined in patients having a diagnosis of schizophrenia, unipolar depression, or bipolar depression. Both neopterin and biopterin levels were significantly higher in the urine of patients with unipolar depression than in the urine of the control group. Subclassification of patients into primary and secondary depression demonstrated a significant elevation of urinary biopterin in both groups, whereas urinary neopterin was elevated only in those patients with primary depression. In patients with bipolar depression, neopterin excretion was elevated, but biopterin excretion did not differ from controls. No significant differences were found in schizophrenic patients.
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Psychiatry Res
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ISSN
0165-1781
Publication Date
February 1984
Volume
11
Issue
2
Start / End Page
83 / 89
Location
Ireland
Related Subject Headings
- Schizophrenia
- Pteridines
- Psychiatry
- Neopterin
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Humans
- Female
- Depressive Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
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Duch, D. S., Woolf, J. H., Nichol, C. A., Davidson, J. R., & Garbutt, J. C. (1984). Urinary excretion of biopterin and neopterin in psychiatric disorders. Psychiatry Res, 11(2), 83–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1781(84)90090-8
Duch, D. S., J. H. Woolf, C. A. Nichol, J. R. Davidson, and J. C. Garbutt. “Urinary excretion of biopterin and neopterin in psychiatric disorders.” Psychiatry Res 11, no. 2 (February 1984): 83–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1781(84)90090-8.
Duch DS, Woolf JH, Nichol CA, Davidson JR, Garbutt JC. Urinary excretion of biopterin and neopterin in psychiatric disorders. Psychiatry Res. 1984 Feb;11(2):83–9.
Duch, D. S., et al. “Urinary excretion of biopterin and neopterin in psychiatric disorders.” Psychiatry Res, vol. 11, no. 2, Feb. 1984, pp. 83–89. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/0165-1781(84)90090-8.
Duch DS, Woolf JH, Nichol CA, Davidson JR, Garbutt JC. Urinary excretion of biopterin and neopterin in psychiatric disorders. Psychiatry Res. 1984 Feb;11(2):83–89.
Published In
Psychiatry Res
DOI
ISSN
0165-1781
Publication Date
February 1984
Volume
11
Issue
2
Start / End Page
83 / 89
Location
Ireland
Related Subject Headings
- Schizophrenia
- Pteridines
- Psychiatry
- Neopterin
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Humans
- Female
- Depressive Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder