Serotonergic functioning in depressed abused children: Clinical and familial correlates

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 973-981

  Kaufman, Joan ^a   Birmaher, Boris ^b   Perel, James ^b   Dahl, Ronald E ^b   Stull, Stacy ^b   Brent, David ^b   Trubnick, Laura ^b   Al Shabbout, Mayadah ^b   Ryan, Neal D ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child depression; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0032533890     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00203-0     Document Type: Article

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