ASSOCIATION OF N-ACETYL-BETA-GLUCOSAMINIDASE LEVELS WITH SERIOUSNESS OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS

Authors
GARVEY MJ UNDERWOOD K
Citation
Mj. Garvey et K. Underwood, ASSOCIATION OF N-ACETYL-BETA-GLUCOSAMINIDASE LEVELS WITH SERIOUSNESS OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS, Biological psychiatry, 42(4), 1997, pp. 286-289
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
Biological psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00063223
Volume
42
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
286 - 289
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-3223(1997)42:4<286:AONLWS>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We hypothesized that levels of N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase (NAG) wou ld differ between patients making serious versus nonserious suicide at tempts. The levels of NAG from 7 patients hospitalized for serious sui cide attempts were compared to 3 patients whose suicide attempts were not rated serious. There was a significant difference in the mean NAG levels of the serious suicide attempters and the nonserious attempters , 25 versus 61; p = .036. Implications of this finding are discussed. (C) 1997 Society of Biological Psychiatry.