TY - JOUR
T1 - Antinuclear autoantibodies in chronic schizophrenia
AU - Spivak, B.
AU - Radwan, M.
AU - Bartur, P.
AU - Mester, R.
AU - Weizman, A.
PY - 1995/10
Y1 - 1995/10
N2 - We determined the presence of antinuclear autoantibodies (ANA), antinative DNA and histone‐reactive ANA in 3 groups of chronic schizophrenic patients (n= 85): haloperidol‐treated patients (for at least 3 months) (n= 35), drug‐free for at least 3 months (n= 35) and neuroleptic‐naive patients (n= 15). The autoantibody titers were compared with those of healthy controls (n= 37). A significantly higher frequency of positive ANA was found among chronic schizophrenic patients (∼20%) as compared with the controls (∼5 %), irrespective of drug treatment, sex and age. No antinative ANA autoantibodies or histone reactive ANA were detected in either schizophrenic patients or controls. Further studies are needed to isolate and characterize in ANA‐positive schizophrenic patients 1 a putative specific ANA profile.
AB - We determined the presence of antinuclear autoantibodies (ANA), antinative DNA and histone‐reactive ANA in 3 groups of chronic schizophrenic patients (n= 85): haloperidol‐treated patients (for at least 3 months) (n= 35), drug‐free for at least 3 months (n= 35) and neuroleptic‐naive patients (n= 15). The autoantibody titers were compared with those of healthy controls (n= 37). A significantly higher frequency of positive ANA was found among chronic schizophrenic patients (∼20%) as compared with the controls (∼5 %), irrespective of drug treatment, sex and age. No antinative ANA autoantibodies or histone reactive ANA were detected in either schizophrenic patients or controls. Further studies are needed to isolate and characterize in ANA‐positive schizophrenic patients 1 a putative specific ANA profile.
KW - antinuclear autoantibodies
KW - autoimmunity
KW - schizophrenia
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1995.tb09581.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1995.tb09581.x
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AN - SCOPUS:0029079695
SN - 0001-690X
VL - 92
SP - 266
EP - 269
JO - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
JF - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
IS - 4
ER -