Psychiatry Research
Volume 150, Issue 1 , Pages 105-108 , 28 February 2007

Platelet serotonin and serum cholesterol concentrations in suicidal and non-suicidal male patients with a first episode of psychosis

  • Darko Marčinko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Nela Pivac

      Affiliations

    • Division of Molecular Medicine, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Marko Martinac

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Miro Jakovljević

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Alma Mihaljević-Peleš

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Dorotea Muck-Šeler

      Affiliations

    • Division of Molecular Medicine, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Received 5 January 2006 ,Revised 7 August 2006 ,Accepted 30 August 2006.

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PII: S0165-1781(06)00261-7

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.08.012

Psychiatry Research
Volume 150, Issue 1 , Pages 105-108 , 28 February 2007

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