Serum iron, total iron-binding capacity, transferrin and haptoglobin concentration in schizophrenic patients

Abstract

Serum transferrin, haptoglobin, iron concentrations and total iron-binding capacity were measured in 40 hospitalized schizophrenic patients and 42 healthy control subjects. Transferrin and haptoglobin levels were assayed by immunoelectrophoretic methods while serum iron and total iron-binding capacity were determined chemically. There were no significant differences in any of the parameters investigated between the schizophrenic and healthy individuals. Analysis of the results also showed that the length of illness did not have any effect on these parameters.