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Niacin-induced flush as a measure of prostaglandin activity in alcoholics and schizophrenics

  • Paul Fiedler
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    From the Psychiatry Service, New York VA Medical Center, and the Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NYUSA
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  • Adam Wolkin
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    Address reprint requests to Dr. A. Wolkin, Psychiatry Service, New York VAMC, First Avenue and East 24th Street, New York, NY 10010.
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    From the Psychiatry Service, New York VA Medical Center, and the Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NYUSA
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  • John Rotrosen
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    From the Psychiatry Service, New York VA Medical Center, and the Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NYUSA
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(86)90321-5
Niacin-induced flush as a measure of prostaglandin activity in alcoholics and schizophrenics
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      Publication history

      Received in revised form: May 12, 1986
      Received: January 13, 1986

      Footnotes

      ☆Supported in part by the Veterans Administration.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(86)90321-5

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      © 1986 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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