Serotonin and gender-specific psychiatric disorders

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-13

  Steiner, Meir ^a   Lepage, Patricia ^a   Dunn, Edward J ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Psychiatric disorders; Psychobiology; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001857327     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13651509709069200     Document Type: Article

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