Cerebrospinal fluid levels of oxytocin in Prader-Willi syndrome: A preliminary report

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1349-1352

  Martin, Andrés ^a   State, Matthew ^a   Anderson, George M ^a   Kaye, Walter M ^b   Hanchett, Jeanne M ^b   McConaha, Claire W ^b   North, William G ^c   Leckman, James F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Compulsions; Hypothalamus; Obsessions; Oxytocin; Prader Willi syndrome; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; OBESITY; OBSESSION; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032535656     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00190-5     Document Type: Article

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