Abstract
Among 76 chronic schizophrenic patients, plasma amine oxidase activity was unrelated to paranoid/nonparanoid subtype, narrow/broad diagnostic criteria, prognosis, or age at onset. These clinical indices do not identify biological subtypes of schizophrenia with deviant plasma amine oxidase activity.
Publication types
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Age Factors
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Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing)*
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors / blood*
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Prognosis
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Schizophrenia / diagnosis*
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Schizophrenia / enzymology
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Schizophrenia, Paranoid / diagnosis
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Schizophrenia, Paranoid / enzymology
Substances
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Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing)
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Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors