Psychiatry Research
Volume 112, Issue 2 , Pages 111-119 , 10 October 2002

Epinephrine- and thrombin-stimulated high-affinity GTPase activity in platelet membranes from patients with psychiatric disorders

  • Yuji Odagaki

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Saitama Medical School, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama-machi, Iruma-gun, Saitama 350-0495, Japan. Tel.: +81-49-276-1214; fax: +81-49-276-1622
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  • Tsukasa Koyama

Received 22 October 2001 ,Revised 26 April 2002 ,Accepted 3 August 2002.

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Psychiatry Research
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