Seasonal influence on platelet 5-HT levels in patients with recurrent major depression and schizophrenia

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1028-1034

  Jakovljević, Miro ^a,c   Mück Šeler, Dorotea ^b,c   Pivac, Nela ^b,c   Ljubičić, Dulijano ^a,c   Bujas, Maja ^b,c   Dodig, Goran ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^c Croatian Brain Research Institute   (Croatia)

Author keywords

platelet 5 HT; recurrent major depression; schizophrenia; seasonal variations; subtypes

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASON; THROMBOCYTE;

ADULT; BLOOD PLATELETS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEASONS; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0342617825     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00212-0     Document Type: Article

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