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Summaries of demographic, clinical and histological information of schizophrenic, bipolar, major depression and control cases. |
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| Demographics |
Group |
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| Controls n = 15 |
Schizophrenic n = 15 |
Bipolar disorder n = 15 |
Major Depression n = 15 |
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| AGE (years, mean ± SD) |
48.1 ± 10.7 |
44.5 ± 13.1 |
42.3 ± 11.7 |
46.5 ± 9.3 |
| GENDER |
9M, 6F |
9M, 6F |
9M, 6F |
9M, 6F |
| POSTMORTEM INTERVAL (hours, mean ± SD) |
23.7 ± 9.9 |
33.7 ± 14.6 |
32.5 ± 16.1 |
27.5 ± 10.7 |
| CAUSE OF DEATH |
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| CPD |
13 |
7 |
11 |
8 |
| Accident |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Pneumonia |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Suicide |
0 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
| Other |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| pH (mean ± SD) |
6.3 ± 0.2 |
6.2 ± 0.3 |
6.2 ± 0.2 |
6.1 ± 0.3 |
| FIXATION (months, mean ± SD) |
4.40 ± 3.9 |
11.20 ± 8.5 |
9.67 ± 3.6 |
8.33 ± 6.6 |
| STORAGE OF FROZEN SECTIONS (days, mean ± S D) |
621 ± 172.3 |
434 ± 290.0 |
338 ± 234.2 |
621 ± 233.1 |
| BRAIN HEMISPHERE |
7R:8L |
6R:9L |
8R:7L |
6R:9L |
| DURATION OF ILLNESS (years, mean ± SD) |
0 ± 0 |
21.3 ± 11.4 |
20.1 ± 9.7 |
12.7 ± 11.1 |
| LIFETIME ANTIPSYCHOTICa DOSE (mg) (min-median-max) |
0-0-0 |
0- 35 000- 200 000 |
0- 7 500- 60 000 |
0-0-0 |
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a = lifetime quantity of fluphenazine or equivalent CPD = cardiac pulmonary disease | ||||
Ubhi and Price BMC Psychiatry 2005 5:38 doi:10.1186/1471-244X-5-38 |
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