Peripheral serotonin levels in women: Role of aging and ethnicity

Gerontology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 211-216

  Kumar, Adarsh M ^a   Weiss, Sharlene ^a   Fernandez, Jesus B ^a   Cruess, Dean ^a   Eisdorfer, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Ethnicity; Platelets; Serotonin; Women

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PLATELETS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0031800809     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022012     Document Type: Article

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