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Bial's reaction for neuraminic acid in cerebrospinal fluid from schizophrenics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

F. A. Jenner
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, 10
R. J. Kerry
Affiliation:
Middlewood Hospital, Sheffield, 6
D. B. Fowler
Affiliation:
The Pastures Hospital, Derby
E. W. Graves
Affiliation:
The Pastures Hospital, Derby
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The possibility that schizophrenia is associated with a relative deficiency of neuraminic acid in the cerebrospinal fluid has been suggested by Bogoch (1) and confirmed by Chistoni and Zappoli (5).

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Biochemical
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1962 

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