Plasma bilirubin levels are reduced in first-episode psychosis patients and associates to working memory and duration of untreated psychosis

Abstract Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder and one of its characteristics is cognitive impairments. Findings regarding levels of the heme metabolite and plasma antioxidant bilirubin in schizophrenia are inconclusive. However, a recently published study indicate that low levels of bilirubin m...

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Main Authors: Meneca Becklén, Funda Orhan, Fredrik Piehl, Simon Cervenka, Carl M. Sellgren, Lena Flyckt, Sophie Erhardt, Helena Fatouros-Bergman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87096-z