Creatine kinase levels in patients with bipolar disorder: depressive, manic, and euthymic phases Comparação das fases de depressão, mania e eutimia sobre os níveis de creatina quinase em pacientes bipolares

OBJECTIVE: Bipolar disorder is a severe, recurrent, and often chronic psychiatric illness associated with significant functional impairment, morbidity, and mortality. Creatine kinase is an important enzyme, particularly for cells with high and fluctuating energy requirements, such as neurons, and is...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Feier, Samira S. Valvassori, Gislaine T. Rezin, Márcio Búrigo, Emilio L. Streck, Flávio Kapczinski, João Quevedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2011-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462011000200013