Whole blood serotonin and plasma beta-endorphin in autistic probands and their first-degree relatives

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 158-163

  Leboyer, Marion ^a   Philippe, Anne ^b   Bouvard, Manuel ^c   Guilloud Bataille, Michel ^a   Bondoux, Dominique ^a   Tabuteau, François ^d   Feingold, Josué ^a   Mouren Simeoni, Marie Christine ^c   Launay, Jean Marie ^d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^d BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

endorphin; Autism; Familial aggregation; Genetic; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE MARKER; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTONIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033556513     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00532-5     Document Type: Article

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