TRACE ELEMENTS CONCENTRATIONS ASSOCIATION WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA SYMPTOMS; A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY IN CROATIA

Significant inconsistencies exist in findings on association of bio-elements (BE) concentrations and schizophrenia. Hypothesis of this research was that different concentrations of BE are associated with different psychopathological schizophrenia symptoms.This cross-sectional study was performed from 2014 to 2016 at Psychiatric Hospital "Sveti Ivan" and University Psychiatric Hospital "Vrapče", Zagreb, Croatia, on the consecutive sample of 67...