Minor hemoglobins HbA2 and HbF associate with disease severity in bipolar disorder with a likely protective role of HbA2 against post-partum episodes

INCE B., Guloksuz S., Altinbas K., Oral E. T., Alpkan L. R., Altinoz M. A.

JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, cilt.151, sa.1, ss.405-408, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 151 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.06.042
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.405-408
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Background: There exist studies indicating that bipolar disorder (BD) associates with changes in brain blood flow. Human brain with its high demand to oxygen constitutes 2% of the Loral body weight, while it receives 20% of cardiac output, a and 13;-,Ylobin chains of hemoglobin were recently found in neural tissues, yet no study has questioned blood hemoglobins in BD.