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T-lymphocyte subpopulations were examined in the peripheral blood of 30 acute schizophrenic patients and compared with 30 age- and sex-matched patients with non-inflammatory neurological diseases. Significant increases in the numbers of Pan-T and T-helper cells were found in schizophrenic patients compared to the controls. The interindividual variability of values in the group of schizophrenic patients was greater than in the group of neurological patients.
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Henneberg, A., Riedl, B., Dumke, H.O. et al. T-lymphocyte subpopulations in schizophrenic patients. Eur Arch Psychiatr Neurol Sci 239, 283–284 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01735051
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