The effect of lithium salts administered chronically to bipolar patients on peripheral measures of the serotoninergic system has been studied. Plasma free serotonin (5HT), whole blood 5HT, plasma 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5HIAA) and plasma total tryptophan (TP) have been analyzed in 22 patients tr
Increased platelet serotonin in bipolar depression and hypomania
✍ Scribed by Anna Wirz-Justice; W. Pühringer
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 376 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-1463
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