Platelet imipramine binding in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder before and after phenelzine treatment

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 143-150

  Weizman, Ronit ^a   Laor, Nathaniel ^a,b   Schujovitsky, Ayala ^a   Wolmer, Leo ^a   Abramovitz Schnaider, Pnina ^a   Freudstein Dan, Ariela ^a   Rehavi, Moshe ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Anxiety; Monoamine oxidase inhibitor; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

IMIPRAMINE; PHENELZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 0030608134     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1781(96)02760-6     Document Type: Article

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