title: [Low serum dopamine -- beta-hydroxylase activity in patients with panic disorder].
abstract: Serum dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH) activity was determined in the following diagnostic groups of patients (DSM-III-R criteria): panic disorder (n = 16), generalized anxiety disorder (n = 10), hypochondrical disorder (n = 16). Twenty healthy persons constituted the control group. Enzyme activity in the group of panic disorder (9.3 +/- 12.5 IU/l) was statistically significantly lower as compared to the groups: control (20.1 +/- 8.1 IU/l), generalized anxiety disorder (17.6 +/- 13.5 IU/l) and hypochondrical disorder (13.6 +/- 10.6 IU/l). Possible relationship between low serum DBH activity and panic disorder is not clear.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i I Kliniki Chorób Psychicznych AM w Gdańsku.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Landowski
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lysiak-Szydłowska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004298:Dopamine / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000097:blood*; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D004298:Dopamine