IMPAIRMENT OF THE BLOOD-BRAIN-BARRIER AS AN ETIOLOGICAL FACTOR IN PARANOID PSYCHOSIS
IMPAIRMENT OF THE BLOOD-BRAIN-BARRIER AS AN ETIOLOGICAL FACTOR IN PARANOID PSYCHOSIS
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DOI:
10.1192/bjp.141.3.273
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
10.5
通讯作者:
ALLING, C
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作者:
AXELSSON, R;MARTENSSON, E;ALLING, C
Possible psychiatric implications of impairment of the blood-brain barrier were studied in 25 patients with paranoid psychosis. Determination of the ratio between the albumin concentratins in CSF and serum showed increases, indicating impairment of the blood-brain barrier, in 7 patients and normal values in 18. The 2 groups were compared for clinical, pharmacokinetics of thioridazine, neurophysiological and anamnestic variables. The highly significant finding that onset of psychosis had occurred, on average, 20 yr earlier in the patients with impairment of the blood-brain barrier than in those without suggests that such impairment might influence the development of psychosis in predisposed individuals.