Increased plasma nitric oxide metabolites in suicide attempters

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 127-132

  Lee, Bun Hee ^a   Lee, Sung Woo ^b   Yoon, Dokyung ^c   Lee, Heon Jeong ^a   Yang, Jong Chul ^e   Shim, Se Hoon ^f   Kim, Do Hoon ^g   Ryu, Seung Ho ^d   Han, Changsu ^a   Kim, Yong Ku ^a,c  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^f Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^g Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depression; Nitric oxide; Risk rescue rating scale; Schizophrenia; Suicide

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL PATIENT; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33744956714     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092542     Document Type: Article

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