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Family psychiatric history, cerebrospinal fluid monoamine metabolites, and temperament in infants.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Mar 1999
Constantino J N, Murphy D L, Morris J A
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BACKGROUND: Variations in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of the monoamine metabolites 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol, and homovanillic acid have been associated with behavioral abnormalities in nonhuman primates, and with psychopathology in studies of children and adults. METHODS: We assayed monoamine metabolites in "left-over" spinal fluid from 167 neurologically normal newborn...
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