Ceruloplasmine in schizophrenic and in epileptic patients

Abstract

Ceruloplasmine was measured in serum of normal, schizophrenic and epileptic patients through the use of oxidase and immunological methods. The measurements were correlated to find: the reliability of oxidase method as an index of ceruloplasmine concentration and the immunological identity of this protein in the three groups of individuals. The results showed that the oxidase method served as a good index of ceruloplasmine concentration in the sera and that an immunological identity among the three groups exised. A significant correlation between the serum oxidase activity and the ceruloplasmine immunological determination was, further, observed.