Serum uric acid as a predictor of bipolarity in individuals with a major depressive episode.
Pedro Miguel Dos Santos OliveiraVítor SantosManuel CoroaJoana RibeiroNuno G G F MadeiraPublished in: Bipolar disorders (2018)
Our study suggests that depressed patients with higher levels of serum UA are at greater risk of a subsequent manic or hypomanic episode. The purinergic system could prove a promising path for the search of biomarkers in BD.