TOXICITY OF BLOOD SERUM FROM SCHIZOPHRENIC AND NON-SCHIZOPHRENIC SUBJECTS

Abstract

Blood serum from schizophrenic and surgical patients was highly toxic to stain L cells, whereas serum from healthy adults and from non-schizophrenic mental patients was in most cases less toxic. There was no significant difference in the toxicity of serum from healthy adults and from non-schizophrenic mental patients. There was good correlation between degree of serum toxicity, Lewis and Piotrowski score, and the clinical diagnoses.