Low BDNF concentrations in schizophrenia may be caused by non-linearity of BDNF correlation with age caused by its interaction with sex

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Maja Vilibić1, Karolina Novački2, Nada Vrkić2,3, Dalibor Karlović1,4 1Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Center Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia, 2Department of Medical Biochemistry and Hematology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 3Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Center Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia, 4 Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia Original paper