Platelet monoamine oxidase activity and psychometric correlates in male violent offenders imprisoned for homicide or other violent acts

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 254, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 380-386

  Skondras, Markos ^a   Markianos, Manolis ^a   Botsis, Alexandros ^a   Bistolaki, Evsevia ^a   Christodoulou, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aggression; Homicide; Personality; Platelet MAO; Violence

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING);

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SUICIDE; THROMBOCYTE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PLATELETS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 13244268212     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-004-0518-x     Document Type: Article

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