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The Art of Measuring Serotonin Uptake in Platelets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Odd Lingjaerde*
Affiliation:
Section of Clinical Psychiatry, University of Tromsø, 9010 Åsgård, Norway
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Abstract

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Type
Correspondence
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1981 

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