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May Salivary Alpha-Amylase Level Be a Useful Tool for Assessment of the Severity of Schizophrenia and Evaluation of Therapy? A Case Report

Background. Previous studies suggested dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) in schizophrenia patients, but the mechanism remains unclear. Recently, the measurement of salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) has been considered a useful tool for evaluating ANS, especially the sympathoadrenal medull...

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Autores principales: Ieda, Masa, Miyaoka, Tsuyoshi, Kawano, Kiminori, Wake, Rei, Inagaki, Takuji, Horiguchi, Jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3465892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23056984
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/747104