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. 1984 Jul-Sep;26(3):237–241.

SERUM LIPIDS IN ANXIETY NEUROSIS

TK Mishra 1,, R Shankar 2, I Sharma 3, PK Srivastava 4
PMCID: PMC3011244  PMID: 21965991

SUMMARY

Serum cholesterol, total triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, VLDL-cholesterol, free cholesterol and total phospholipids were studied in 36 patients of anxiety neurosis and 24 control subjects. Serum triglycerides, VLDL-cholesterol and free-cholesterol were found to be significantly raised while esterified cholesterol WJS significantly lowered in anxiety neurosis. A significant negative correlation was observed between the anxiety score and free cholesterol in ferrule patients. The significance of these findings has been discussed.

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