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. 1993 Nov;150(11):1731-3.
doi: 10.1176/ajp.150.11.1731.

Plasma and platelet excitatory amino acids in psychiatric disorders

C A Altamura  1 , M C Mauri, A Ferrara, A R Moro, G D'Andrea, F Zamberlan
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Plasma and platelet excitatory amino acids in psychiatric disorders

C A Altamura et al. Am J Psychiatry. 1993 Nov.

Abstract

Plasma and platelet levels of excitatory amino acids were measured in 38 psychiatric out-patients and in 19 comparison subjects; the patients had DSM-III-R diagnoses of organic mental disorders (N = 3), mood disorders (N = 15), schizophrenia (N = 13), and anxiety disorders (N = 7). The glutamate plasma levels were significantly higher in the patients with mood disorders than in the comparison group.

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