Journal article
Seasonal variations in prolactin levels in Schizophrenia
Abstract
As part of an ongoing longitudinal study of drug-free schizophrenic patients, we serially sampled resting early morning prolactin levels in 10 subjects. In a preliminary analysis, these levels were compared to those found in matched normal control subjects over a 4-year period. Both control and schizophrenic subjects showed a marked annual variation in prolactin levels. Six schizophrenic patients sampled in each quarter of the year showed a …
Authors
Brown PJ; Cleghorn JM; Brown GM; Kaplan RD; Mitton J; Szechtman H; Szechtman B
Journal
Psychiatry Research, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 157–162
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
August 1988
DOI
10.1016/0165-1781(88)90046-7
ISSN
0165-1781