Platelet monoamine oxidase activity in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 252-255

  Nedic, Gordana ^a   Pivac, Nela ^a   Hercigonja, Dubravka Kocijan ^b   Jovancevic, Milivoj ^c   Curkovic, Katarina Dodig ^d   Muck Seler, Dorotea ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b Polyclinic Kocijan/Hercigonja   (Croatia)

^c Health Care Centre Tresnjevka   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Children; Hyperactive inattentive, and combined subtype of ADHD; Platelet monoamine oxidase

Indexed keywords

AMINE; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME B; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; THROMBOCYTE ENZYME;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BOY; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GIRL; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS; IMPULSIVENESS; INNERVATION; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SAMPLE SIZE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE;

EID: 73649103411     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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