Platelet monoamine oxidase activity in patients with winter seasonal affective disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-280

  Reichborn Kjennerud, Ted ^a   Lingjærde, Odd ^a   Oreland, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

carbohydrate craving; circannual rhythms; hyperphagia; hypersomnia; suicidal behavior; winter depression

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING);

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; THROMBOCYTE; WINTER;

EID: 0029891253     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1781(96)02828-4     Document Type: Article

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