Increased brain serotonin function in men with chronic fatigue syndrome

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7101, 1997, Pages 164-165

  Sharpe, M ^a   Hawton, K ^a   Clements, A ^a   Cowen, P J ^a,b  

^a Warneford and Littlemore Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

^b Littlemore Mental Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSPIRONE; DEXFENFLURAMINE; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SHORT SURVEY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

EID: 0030791841     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7101.164     Document Type: Short Survey

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