Citation

Garvey MJ, Underwood K. Biol. Psychiatry 1997; 42(4): 286-289.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00346-0

PMID

9270906

Abstract

We hypothesized that levels of N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase (NAG) would differ between patients making serious versus nonserious suicide attempts. The levels of NAG from 7 patients hospitalized for serious suicide 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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