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Whole Blood Adenosine Triphosphate in Manic-Depressive Illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

G. J. Naylor
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Dundee, DD1 4HN
E. P. Worrall
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
M. Peet
Affiliation:
Organon, Oss, Holland
P. Dick
Affiliation:
Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, By Dundee

Summary

Whole blood cell ATP concentration was estimated in a group of manic and depressed patients and in a group of normal subjects. There were no significant differences between patient and control groups, nor in the patient groups were there any significant changes with recovery.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1976 

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