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RUBIN has published data1a on erythrocyte acetyl-cholinesterase which showed a bimodal distribution of this enzyme in schizophrenic patients. This paper was criticized1b and the criticism answered1c. Our work was an attempt to repeat Rubin's findings in larger groups of patients and normals.
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ELLMAN, G., CALLAWAY, E. Erythrocyte Cholinesterase-levels in Mental Patients. Nature 192, 1216 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1921216a0
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