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Nitric oxide, asymmetric dimethylarginine, symmetric dimethylarginine and L-arginine levels in psychotic exacerbation of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder manic episode

Mehmet F. Ustundag, Halil Ozcan, Ali G. Gencer, Enver D. Yilmaz, Kerim Uğur, Elif Oral and Mustafa Bilici
Saudi Medical Journal January 2020, 41 (1) 38-45; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.1.24817
Mehmet F. Ustundag
From the Department of Psychiatry (Ustundag), Erenköy Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases, from the Department of Psychiatry (Gencer), Başakşehir Government Hospital, from the Department of Psychology (Bilici), Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, İstanbul Gelişim University, Istanbul, from the Department of Psychiatry (Ozcan, Oral), Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, from the Department of Psychiatry (Yilmaz), Mizmer, Ankara, and from the Department of Psychiatry (Uğur), Malatya Training and Research Hospital, Malatya, Turkey
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Halil Ozcan
From the Department of Psychiatry (Ustundag), Erenköy Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases, from the Department of Psychiatry (Gencer), Başakşehir Government Hospital, from the Department of Psychology (Bilici), Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, İstanbul Gelişim University, Istanbul, from the Department of Psychiatry (Ozcan, Oral), Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, from the Department of Psychiatry (Yilmaz), Mizmer, Ankara, and from the Department of Psychiatry (Uğur), Malatya Training and Research Hospital, Malatya, Turkey
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Ali G. Gencer
From the Department of Psychiatry (Ustundag), Erenköy Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases, from the Department of Psychiatry (Gencer), Başakşehir Government Hospital, from the Department of Psychology (Bilici), Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, İstanbul Gelişim University, Istanbul, from the Department of Psychiatry (Ozcan, Oral), Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, from the Department of Psychiatry (Yilmaz), Mizmer, Ankara, and from the Department of Psychiatry (Uğur), Malatya Training and Research Hospital, Malatya, Turkey
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Enver D. Yilmaz
From the Department of Psychiatry (Ustundag), Erenköy Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases, from the Department of Psychiatry (Gencer), Başakşehir Government Hospital, from the Department of Psychology (Bilici), Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, İstanbul Gelişim University, Istanbul, from the Department of Psychiatry (Ozcan, Oral), Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, from the Department of Psychiatry (Yilmaz), Mizmer, Ankara, and from the Department of Psychiatry (Uğur), Malatya Training and Research Hospital, Malatya, Turkey
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Kerim Uğur
From the Department of Psychiatry (Ustundag), Erenköy Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases, from the Department of Psychiatry (Gencer), Başakşehir Government Hospital, from the Department of Psychology (Bilici), Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, İstanbul Gelişim University, Istanbul, from the Department of Psychiatry (Ozcan, Oral), Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, from the Department of Psychiatry (Yilmaz), Mizmer, Ankara, and from the Department of Psychiatry (Uğur), Malatya Training and Research Hospital, Malatya, Turkey
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Elif Oral
From the Department of Psychiatry (Ustundag), Erenköy Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases, from the Department of Psychiatry (Gencer), Başakşehir Government Hospital, from the Department of Psychology (Bilici), Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, İstanbul Gelişim University, Istanbul, from the Department of Psychiatry (Ozcan, Oral), Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, from the Department of Psychiatry (Yilmaz), Mizmer, Ankara, and from the Department of Psychiatry (Uğur), Malatya Training and Research Hospital, Malatya, Turkey
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Mustafa Bilici
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vol. 41 no. 1 38-45
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.1.24817
PubMed 
31915793

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received July 30, 2019
  • Accepted December 4, 2019
  • Published online January 1, 2020.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  1. Mehmet F. Ustundag, MD,
  2. Halil Ozcan, MD,
  3. Ali G. Gencer, MD,
  4. Enver D. Yilmaz, MD,
  5. Kerim Uğur, MD⇑,
  6. Elif Oral, MD and
  7. Mustafa Bilici, MD
  1. From the Department of Psychiatry (Ustundag), Erenköy Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases, from the Department of Psychiatry (Gencer), Başakşehir Government Hospital, from the Department of Psychology (Bilici), Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, İstanbul Gelişim University, Istanbul, from the Department of Psychiatry (Ozcan, Oral), Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, from the Department of Psychiatry (Yilmaz), Mizmer, Ankara, and from the Department of Psychiatry (Uğur), Malatya Training and Research Hospital, Malatya, Turkey
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Kerim Uğur, Department of Psychiatry, Malatya Training and Research Hospital, Malatya, Turkey. E-mail: premirek{at}gmail.com ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3131-6564
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