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Creatine Phosphokinase Activity in Newly Admitted Psychiatric Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

R. Gosling ,
R. J. Kerry ,
J. E. Orme  and
G. Owen
R. Gosling
Affiliation:
Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, S5 7AU
R. J. Kerry
Affiliation:
Middlewood Hospital and Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, S5 7AU
J. E. Orme
Affiliation:
Middlewood Hospital and Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, S5 7AU
G. Owen
Affiliation:
Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, S3 7AU
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Increased serum creatine phosphokinase (C.P.K.) levels have been shown in acutely psychotic patients on admission to hospital (Meltzer, 1968). Little is known about C.P.K. activity in non-psychotic (e.g. neurotic) patients admitted under similar conditions. Psychotic patients have not been compared with non-psychotic patients over a period of time following admission. Examination of a single serum sample for C.P.K. activity in non-psychotic patients at the time of admission has shown no abnormality (Meltzer et al., 1969).

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 121 , Issue 563 , October 1972 , pp. 351 - 355
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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