Relationship of prolactin response to d-fenfluramine to behavioral and questionnaire assessments of aggression in personality-disordered men

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 157-164

  Coccaro, Emil F ^a   Berman, Mitchell E ^a   Kavoussi, Richard J ^a   Hauger, Richard L ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; personality disorders; serotonin

Indexed keywords

DEXFENFLURAMINE; PROLACTIN;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030574435     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00398-3     Document Type: Article

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