Cold agglutinin titers in psychiatric patients.
Cold agglutinin titers were obtained from the serum of 41 psychiatric patients. The 21 chronic schizophrenic patients tended to have positive cold agglutinin titers; the authors suggest that this immunological finding may be associated with long-term neuroleptic treatment.
D000328:Adult; D000373:Agglutinins / Q000032:analysis*; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003450:Cryoglobulins; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000276:immunology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000276:immunology
D000373:Agglutinins; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D001323:Autoantibodies; D003450:Cryoglobulins; C029443:cold agglutinins