Heavy metals in blood and urine and its relation to depressive symptoms in Parkinson's disease patients

• Published in: Fukushima journal of medical science Vol. 59; no. 2; p. 76
• Main Authors: Fukushima, Tetsuhito, Tan, Xiaodong, Luo, Yunwen, Wang, Puqing, Song, Jinhui, Kanda, Hideyuki, Hayakawa, Takehito, Kumagai, Tomohiro, Kakamu, Takeyasu, Tsuji, Masayoshi, Hidaka, Tomoo, Mori, Yayoi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan 2013
• Subjects: Aged; Depression - metabolism; Female; Humans; Male; Metals, Heavy - blood; Metals, Heavy - urine; Middle Aged; Parkinson Disease - metabolism; Vitamin B 12 - blood; Vitamin E - blood

Some heavy metals are suspected to be pathogenic to both Parkinson's disease (PD) and depression. Common background may exist in them. Subjects comprised PD patients with depression, PD patients without depression and controls recruited from the outpatient clinic in China. Morning blood and uri...