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Selenium concentrations in blood and serum from patients with mental diseases
Author(s) -
Alertsen A. R.,
Aukrust A.,
Skaug O. E.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1986.tb10608.x
Subject(s) - selenium , medicine , psychiatry , physiology , psychology , chemistry , organic chemistry
— Blood and serum concentrations of selenium have been determined in a group of psychiatric patients and in 35 healthy controls. The psychiatric group consisted of 14 schizophrenics, seven paranoid disorders, six affective psychosis (manic‐depressive), four reactive psychosis, 11 dementia senilis, 17 with a diagnosis of neurosis and two with delirium tremens. Normal values were found in all groups except for delirium tremens where decreased blood and serum values were found.