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
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.
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