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KMID : 0380319920500000157
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Journal of Korean Research Institute for Better Living
1992 Volume.50 No. 0 p.157 ~ p.164
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Serum Calcium Concentrations in Psychiatric Inpatient
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Abstract
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Serum calcium levels have been estimated in 273 successively admitted inpatient who met DSM-ⅢR diagnosis of Schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder, manic episode, Bipolar disorder, depressive episode, Major depression, DSM Ⅱ Diagnosis of Neurosis at Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ewha Womans University hospital.
The mean serum clacium value was 9.28±0.6㎎/㎗. In regard to the relation between calcium level and psychiatric diagnosis, biolar disorder, depressive episode had the lowest serum calcium level(8.73±0.73㎎/㎗) and bipolar disorder, manic episode had the highest level (9.35±0.44㎎/㎗). The difference was significant(P＜0.01).
The patient with abnormally low serum calcium value were 6 cases(2.2％), consisting of 3 bipolar disorder, depressive episode, 1 Schizophrenia, 1 neurosis and 1 major depression.
Certainly serum calcium level is associated with different psychiatric diagnosis. And this kind of relationship between serum calcium level and psychiatric diagnosis is prominent in mood disorder.
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