Low levels of serotonin in serum correlates with severity of fibromyalgia;Bajos valores de serotonina en suero se correlacionan con la gravedad de los sĺntomas de la fibromialgia

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 135, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 644-646

  Cordero, Mario David ^a,b   Alcocer Gómez, Elĺsabet ^c   Cano Garcĺa, Francisco Javier ^c   De Miguel, Manuel ^b   Sánchez Alcázar, Jose Antonio ^a   Fernández, Ana Marĺa Moreno ^b  

^a Universidad Pablo de Olavide   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SYMPTOM;

EID: 78149358910     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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