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Serotonin was determined in platelets of 47 patients with alcoholism during the state of withdrawal as well as in a group of healthy persons. The results show that serotonin values were significantly lower in the group of patients with alcoholism as compared with the control group of healthy persons.
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Rolf, R.H., Matz, D.R. & Brune, G.G. Serotoninstoffwechsel bei chronischem Alkoholismus. Experientia 34, 74–75 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01921911
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