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Brief report| Volume 30, ISSUE 3, P310-312, August 01, 1991

Serotonin-stimulated Ca2+ response is increased in the blood platelets of depressed patients

  • Ichiro Kusumi
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    From the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, 060, Japan
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  • Tsukasa Koyama
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    From the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, 060, Japan
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  • Itaru Yamashita
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    From the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, 060, Japan
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