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Abstract
Platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity was examined in 77 depressed patients (40 males and 37 females) and 28 controls (14 males and 14 females). Patients were compared across increasingly specific diagnostic groupings in a four-step data analytic procedure. In step 1, MAO activity in the total sample of depressed patients was compared with that of control subjects. In step 2, Unipolar depressed patients were compared with Bipolar (Bipolar I and Bipolar II) depressed patients. In step 3, Unipolar depressed patients with and without schizotypal features were compared. In step 4, both the nonschizotypal Unipolar patients and compared. In step 4, both the nonschizotypal Unipolar patients and nonschizotypal Bipolar patients were separated into those who met RDC criteria for a definite Endogenous depression and those who did not; and platelet MAO activity was compared in the resulting four groups. Results indicated significantly higher platelet MAO activity in nonschizotypal Unipolar Endogenous depressed patients than in nonschizotypal Bipolar Endogenous depressed patients or nonschizotypal Unipolar Other patients. In addition, the presence of a definite Endogenous depressive syndrome was associated with greater overall symptom severity in both Unipolar and Bipolar depressed patients. Findings are discussed with respect to the conflicting results reported in previous studies of MAO activity in patients with depressive disorders.
View details for Web of Science ID A1985AWD2200003
View details for PubMedID 4078757