Publications by authors named "Valentina B Nikitina"
The instability of remission in alcohol dependence (AD) creates a need to search for criteria for predicting its duration. The aim of study was to determine the hormones, oxidized proteins, and lipids in patients with AD, and the possible relations between these parameters and the duration of remission. Blood samples were obtained from 49 male patients with AD after alcohol detoxification (Total group).
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- - The study evaluated the clinical and immunomodulatory effects of an ultra-high dilution drug, anaferon, in 40 schizophrenia patients, compared to a placebo group, over a 30-day treatment period.
- - Results indicated that patients taking anaferon showed an increase in spontaneous interferon γ production and improved psychopathological symptoms, compared to those receiving a placebo.
- - The findings suggest that anaferon may enhance treatment efficacy for schizophrenia through a mechanism of psychoimmunomodulation by increasing immune response.