When should a psychiatrist remember to test homocysteine levels? - a literature review

Introduction: Homocysteine is an endogenous sulfur amino acid, formed as a result of biochemical changes in methionine. The normal concentration of homocysteine in healthy people is within the range of 5 - 15 µmol / l, and values above 15 µmol / l are referred to as hyperhomocysteinemia. Moreover, i...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Nowak Katarzyna, Chiriboga Sylvia, Halczuk Izabela, Karakuła-Juchnowicz Hanna
Formato: article
Lenguaje:DE
EN
PL
UK
Publicado: Sciendo 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/92963f888e494880b2840d0f155946e6
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:doaj.org-article:92963f888e494880b2840d0f155946e6
record_format dspace
spelling oai:doaj.org-article:92963f888e494880b2840d0f155946e62021-12-05T14:11:06ZWhen should a psychiatrist remember to test homocysteine levels? - a literature review2353-862710.2478/cpp-2021-0006https://doaj.org/article/92963f888e494880b2840d0f155946e62021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/cpp-2021-0006https://doaj.org/toc/2353-8627Introduction: Homocysteine is an endogenous sulfur amino acid, formed as a result of biochemical changes in methionine. The normal concentration of homocysteine in healthy people is within the range of 5 - 15 µmol / l, and values above 15 µmol / l are referred to as hyperhomocysteinemia. Moreover, it has been shown that the level of homocysteine may be associated with the occurrence of mental disorders. The aim of this article was to search for a relationship between the level of this amino acid and the incidence and prognosis of bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia or Alzheimer’s disease.Nowak KatarzynaChiriboga SylviaHalczuk IzabelaKarakuła-Juchnowicz HannaSciendoarticlehomocysteinedepressionbipolar disorderschizophreniaPsychiatryRC435-571DEENPLUKCurrent Problems of Psychiatry, Vol 22, Iss 2, Pp 69-82 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language DE
EN
PL
UK
topic homocysteine
depression
bipolar disorder
schizophrenia
Psychiatry
RC435-571
spellingShingle homocysteine
depression
bipolar disorder
schizophrenia
Psychiatry
RC435-571
Nowak Katarzyna
Chiriboga Sylvia
Halczuk Izabela
Karakuła-Juchnowicz Hanna
When should a psychiatrist remember to test homocysteine levels? - a literature review
description Introduction: Homocysteine is an endogenous sulfur amino acid, formed as a result of biochemical changes in methionine. The normal concentration of homocysteine in healthy people is within the range of 5 - 15 µmol / l, and values above 15 µmol / l are referred to as hyperhomocysteinemia. Moreover, it has been shown that the level of homocysteine may be associated with the occurrence of mental disorders. The aim of this article was to search for a relationship between the level of this amino acid and the incidence and prognosis of bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia or Alzheimer’s disease.
format article
author Nowak Katarzyna
Chiriboga Sylvia
Halczuk Izabela
Karakuła-Juchnowicz Hanna
author_facet Nowak Katarzyna
Chiriboga Sylvia
Halczuk Izabela
Karakuła-Juchnowicz Hanna
author_sort Nowak Katarzyna
title When should a psychiatrist remember to test homocysteine levels? - a literature review
title_short When should a psychiatrist remember to test homocysteine levels? - a literature review
title_full When should a psychiatrist remember to test homocysteine levels? - a literature review
title_fullStr When should a psychiatrist remember to test homocysteine levels? - a literature review
title_full_unstemmed When should a psychiatrist remember to test homocysteine levels? - a literature review
title_sort when should a psychiatrist remember to test homocysteine levels? - a literature review
publisher Sciendo
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/92963f888e494880b2840d0f155946e6
work_keys_str_mv AT nowakkatarzyna whenshouldapsychiatristremembertotesthomocysteinelevelsaliteraturereview
AT chiribogasylvia whenshouldapsychiatristremembertotesthomocysteinelevelsaliteraturereview
AT halczukizabela whenshouldapsychiatristremembertotesthomocysteinelevelsaliteraturereview
AT karakułajuchnowiczhanna whenshouldapsychiatristremembertotesthomocysteinelevelsaliteraturereview
_version_ 1718371373202538496