Rheumatoid factor in Schizophrenia
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We studied 30 consecutive female schizophrenics diagnosed on Research Diagnostic Criteria (Spitzer et al 1975) and were age and sex matched with 30 normal healthy females comprising the control group. The relevant blood (hemogram, blood sugar and urea serum proteins etc), urine, stool, chest and skull skiagrams were done to rule out any physical illness in study and control Group. The presence of Rheumatoid factor (RF) was detected by latex fixation test. Only 2 cases (6.67%) from study and 1 case from control group were positive for RF (p >0.05).
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