Sex difference in cerebrospinal fluid/blood albumin quotients in patients with schizophreniform and affective psychosis

Sex difference in cerebrospinal fluid/blood albumin quotients in patients with schizophreniform and affective psychosis

Abstract Background The importance of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diagnostics for psychiatry is growing. The CSF/blood albumin quotient (QAlb) is considered to be a measure of the blood–CSF barrier function. Recently, systematically higher QAlb in males than in females was described in neurological pa...

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Main Authors: Sophie Meixensberger, Karl Bechter, Rick Dersch, Bernd Feige, Simon Maier, Miriam A. Schiele, Kimon Runge, Dominik Denzel, Kathrin Nickel, Derek Spieler, Horst Urbach, Harald Prüss, Katharina Domschke, Ludger Tebartz van Elst, Dominique Endres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
Subjects:
Cerebrospinal fluid
Albumin quotient
Protein
Psychosis
Sex
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12987-020-00223-2

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