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Increased Serum Sialic Acids in Depression. | ||
| Journal of the Faculty of Medicine | ||
| Article 1, Volume 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-214 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hussein Kadhem Abdul Hussein; | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Summary: Background: Total serum sialic acid (TSA) and lipid associated sialic acid (LSA) have not been measured yet in depressive disorders. Aim :The present study was undertaken to show if there is any change in the concentration of different forms of sialic acids in patients with depressive disorder. Methods: TSA and LSA levels have been estimated in serum of 72 patients with depression, in addition to 50 healthy controls . Results reflect a significant increase (p<0.05) in the TSA and BSA in the depressed patients as compared with healthy controls. Conclusions: It could be concluded that TSA and BSA could reflect an immune like response to depression associated with increase in the sialylation of different glycoproteins. Key Words: Serum Total Sialic acid , Depression , Free Sialic acid , Bound Sialic acid , Lipid Associated Sialic acid. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Serum Total Sialic acid; depression; Free Sialic acid; Bound Sialic acid; Lipid Associated Sialic acid | ||
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