精神分裂症患者事件相关电位P300改变对语词记忆能力的影响

目的探讨精神分裂症患者的语词记忆能力与认知电位之间的相互关系。方法对102例精神分裂症患者首先进行了听觉诱发电位P300测定，然后按有无P300潜伏期延长或/和波幅降低分为P300正常与异常组，再采用选择性提醒测验方法对其进行语词记忆测验。结果P300正常组30例在10次语词记忆测验中通过总例数28例，占93.3%，前6次通过的比例为56.7%；而P300异常组72例在10次语词记忆测验中通过的总例数只有43例，占59.7%，前6次通过的比例只有25%；两组之间的差异非常显著（P〈0.001）。P300异常组回忆总数、保持数、长时再现数及恒定长时再现数减少，而不恒定长时再现数、提醒总数及插入数显著增多，两组比较有显著性差异（P〈0.01）。结论P300异常的精神分裂症患者较P300正常的精神分裂症患者存在更严重的语词记忆障碍。     

穴位注药治疗精神分裂症的研究

目的　观察穴位注射丹参合并小剂量抗精神病药物与单用抗精神病药物治疗精神分裂症的疗效。方法16 0例患者随机分为治疗组 10 0例 ,对照组 6 0例 ;辨证分为 5型 ,用阴阳经相配取穴的方法 ,根据疾病的虚实 ,用迎随和徐疾补泻手法 ,治疗组每日注射 1次 ,10次为 1疗程 ,共治疗 3个疗程 ;用简明精神症状量表 (BPRS)和药物副反应量表 (TESS)评定疗效和副反应 ,治疗结束后随访两年。结果　治疗组痊愈率、显效率与对照组间差异有显著性意义 (P <0 0 5 )。BPRS和TESS量表于每疗程结束后两组评分比较差异均有显著性意义 (P <0 0 5 ) ;复发率与对照组间差异有显著性意义 (P <0 0 5 )。结论　穴位注射丹参具有见效快、副作用少、远期疗效好的特点。实施有效的护理 ,适时的健康教育是提高患者依从性 ,保证有效治疗、取得良好效果的重要手段。     

精神分裂症患者的记忆功能障碍与精神症状和疗效的关系

目的　探讨精神分裂症记忆功能与精神症状和疗效的关系。方法　对 88例精神分裂症患者分别给予奎的平、舒必利、维思通治疗。采用PANSS量表评定精神症状 ,修订韦氏成人记忆量表 (WMS -RC)测查记忆功能(治疗前用甲式 ,治疗后用乙式 )分别于治疗前、治疗后第 6周末各评一次 ,并采用Pearson相关分析和多元逐步回归进行分析。结果　治疗前记忆商数与阴性症状、一般病理性症状、PANSS总分呈显著负相关 ,与阳性症状无相关性 ;多元逐步回归分析显示治疗前记忆商数与阴性症状关系最密切 ;治疗后记忆商数增加值与阴性症状的减分值呈显著正相关 (r=0 337,P <0 0 1,88例 ) ;治疗前记忆商数与治疗第 6周末的阴性症状减分值、一般病理性症状减分值呈显著负相关 (r =- 0 2 6 5 ,P <0 0 5 ;r =- 0 2 35 ,P <0 0 5 ,88例 )。结论　本研究支持精神分裂症记忆损害与阴性症状存在相似的病理机制假说。     

奥氮平与利培酮治疗首发精神分裂症对照研究

目的 比较奥氮平与利培酮治疗首发精神分裂症的疗效及不良反应。方法 随机将符合CCMD-2R精神分裂症的诊断标准70例患者进入奥氮平或利培酮组接受治疗,分别在治疗0、1、2、4、6、8周评定PANSS和TESS量表,在0、4、8周检查心脑电图和肝肾功能,在0、8周检查血催乳素和空腹血糖。结果 奥氮平与利培酮疗效相当,奥氮平能迅速减轻精神症状,其产生的不良反应少、严重程度轻,很少引起血催乳素变化;利培酮会显著提高血催乳素水平。结论 奥氮平对首发精神分裂症治疗安全有效。     

奎硫平与氯丙嗪治疗精神分裂症的对照研究

目的验证奎硫平治疗精神分裂症患者的临床疗效与安全性。方法94例精神分裂症患者随机分成2组，奎硫平组48例，氯丙嗪组46例进行临床对照研究，分别给予奎硫平与氯丙嗪治疗8周。采用阳性症状与阴性症状量表（PANSS）评定临床疗效，副反应量表（TESS）记录不良反应。结果两组PANSS评分较治疗前均有显著下降（P均〈0．01）；临床显效率和总有效率奎硫平组为70．8％和87．5％，氯丙嗪组为67．4％和84．8％，两组间疗效比较无显著性差异（P〉0．05）。在阴性因子、认知因子、PANSS总分减分率方面，奎硫平组与氯丙嗪组有显著性差异（P〈0．01）。奎硫平组的各种不良反应发生率较氯丙嗪组低且轻微（P〈0．05）。结论奎硫平组与氯丙嗪组治疗精神分裂症疗效相似，奎硫平不良反应较氯丙嗪少，是1种有效、安全性高的抗精神病药，在改善认知功能和阴性症状方面，奎硫平优于氯丙嗪。     

利培酮、氯氮平治疗精神分裂症患者生活质量的长期随访对照研究

目的　探讨长期服用利培酮对精神分裂症患者生活质量的影响作用。方法　对 1997年 7月～ 2 0 0 0年 6月住院服用利培酮或氯氮平治疗达痊愈或显著进步、出院后回归社会达 18个月及以上的 174例精神分裂症患者 (利培酮 89例、氯氮平 75例 )的生活质量进行了分别于 2 0 0 0年 7月和 2 0 0 1年 7月进行了两次追踪随访对照研究。结果　第二次随访利培酮组患者的随访成功率高于氯氮平组 (χ2 =34.11,P <0 .0 0 0 1) ;利培酮组患者的生活质量两次随访结果均极显著高于氯氮平组 ,且利培酮组患者的生活质量较之一年前随访又有新的提高 ,多元逐步回归分析表明 :出院时服用药物剂量和种类是影响患者生活质量的较强因素。结论　利培酮能够提高精神分裂症患者的生活质量 ,远期疗效更突出     

Retroviruses and schizophrenia in Jamaica

Reports of an 18-fold higher incidence of schizophrenia among second-generation Afro-Caribbeans, and especially Jamaican migrants in the United Kingdom were soon called “an epidemic of schizophrenia,” with the inference that a novel virus, likely to be perinatally transmitted, was a possible etiological agent. This intriguing observation led us to explore a possible link with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type one (HTLV-I), because it is a virus that is endemic in the Caribbean Islands, is perinatally transmitted, known to be neuropathogenic, and the cause of a chronic myelopathy (tropical spastic paraparesis/ HTLV-I associated myelopathy). We therefore examined inpatients at the Bellevue Mental Hospital, Kingston, Jamaica and did standard serological tests for retroviruses HTLV-I and HTLV-II and HIV-I and HIV-II on 201 inpatients who fulfilled ICD-9 and DSM III-R criteria for schizophrenia. Our results produced important negative data, since the seropositivity rates for HTLV-I, the most likely pathogen, were no greater than the seropositivity range for HTLV-I carriers in this island population, indicating that HTLV-I and the other retroviruses tested do not play a primary etiological role in Jamaican schizophrenics.     

Diagnostic Validity of Fecal Occult Blood Tests for Detecting Gastroenterological Cancers

In order to estimate the diagnostic validity of chemical fecal occult blood tests, i.e. orthotolidine (Shionogi A) and guajac (Shionogi B) slides for detecting cancers of the esophagus, stomach and colorectum, the authors followed up all the examinees (n=3,449) of comprehensive medical check-ups at the Center for Adult Diseases, Osaka, by means of record linkage to the Osaka Cancer Registry's files. Then, diagnostic validity was calculated based on the results of two years' follow-up. Sensitivity for the respective cancers was 20.0%, 11.8% and 62.5% for Shionogi A, and 20.0%, 5.9% and 43.8% for Shionogi B slides. Likelihood ratio for the respective cancers was 1.4, 0.8 and 4.5 for Shionogi A, and 3.3, 1.0 and 7.5 for Shionogi B. Specificity was analogous among the three cancer sites, being 86% for Shionogi A and 94% for Shionogi B. These results suggest that the diagnostic validity of chemical occult blood tests for detecting cancers of the esophagus and the stomach is very poor, and therefore imply that close examinations of these sites for screening positives is unnecessary in mass screenings for colorectal cancer.     

Ubiquitous Presence in Mammalian Cells of Enzymatic Activity Specifically Cleaving 8-Hydroxyguanine-containing DNA

Here we report the finding of enzymatic activity that specifically cleaves DNA containing 8-hydroxyguanine (oh⁸Gua) residues in various mammalian cells. To detect this activity, we used a synthetic double-stranded DNA containing a single oh⁸Gua at a defined position as the substrate, and analyzed the products of enzymatic digestion by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Two cleavage sites near the oh⁸Gua residue were detected with partially purified fractions from cow brain and rat liver, and also with preparations from all mammalian tissues examined. These results suggest that enzymatic activity for the removal of oh⁸Gua from DNA is widely distributed in mammalian cells.