Platelet serotonin concentration and suicidal behavior in combat related posttraumatic stress disorder

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 544-551

  Kovacic, Zrnka ^a   Henigsberg, Neven ^a   Pivac, Nela ^b   Nedic, Gordana ^b   Borovecki, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^c Zagreb Fakultet za dentalnu medicinu i zdravstvo Osijek Zdravstveno veleu ili te Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Biological marker; Combat related posttraumatic stress disorder; Male subjects; Platelet serotonin; Suicidal behavior

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTIONALITY; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PLATELETS; COMBAT DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEROTONIN; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE; VETERANS;

EID: 38849142660     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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