Peripheral serotonin measures in prepubertal psychiatric inpatients and normal children: associations with suicidal behavior and its risk factors
Pfeffer C, McBride P, Anderson G, Kakuma T, Fensterheim L, Khait V. Peripheral serotonin measures in prepubertal psychiatric inpatients and normal children: associations with suicidal behavior and its risk factors. Biological Psychiatry 1998, 44: 568-577. PMID: 9787881, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(98)00020-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrepubertal psychiatric inpatientsBlood tryptophanRisk factorsSerotonin contentSuicidal behaviorMood disordersNormal controlsInpatient childrenSuicidal ideationSerotonin-amplified platelet aggregationPsychiatric inpatientsSuicide attemptsPlatelet serotonin contentEthnic differencesRecent suicide attemptSerotonin measuresPrepubertal controlsPlatelet serotoninPrepubertal childrenInpatientsPlatelet aggregationNormal childrenWhole bloodChildrenDisorders