Platelet serotonin and serum cholesterol concentrations in suicidal and non-suicidal male patients with a first episode of psychosis

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-108

  Marčinko, Darko ^a   Pivac, Nela ^b   Martinac, Marko ^a   Jakovljević, Miro ^a   Mihaljević Peleš, Alma ^a   Muck Šeler, Dorotea ^b  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Men; Platelet serotonin; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PLATELETS; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEROTONIN; STATISTICS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33847113251     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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