Plasma monoamine metabolites and aggression: Two studies of normal and oppositional defiant disorder children

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 141-147

  Van Goozen, Stephanie H M ^a,b   Matthys, Walter ^a,b   Cohen Kettenis, Peggy T ^a,b   Westenberg, Herman ^a,b   Van Engeland, Herman ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; Child psychiatry; Monoamine metabolites; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; MONOAMINE;

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; CHILD; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HUMANS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; METHOXYHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCOL;

EID: 0032970135     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-977X(98)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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