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Urinary phenylethylamine excretion in phobic and obsessive patients
Author(s) -
Theofilopoulos N.,
Flaskos J.,
George A. J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
human psychopharmacology: clinical and experimental
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.461
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1099-1077
pISSN - 0885-6222
DOI - 10.1002/hup.470060108
Subject(s) - urinary system , excretion , neuroticism , urine , medicine , obsessive compulsive , psychology , psychiatry , psychoanalysis , personality
Urinary excretion of phenylethylamine (PEA) was determined in 19 agoraphobic, 15 obsessive compulsive and 10 neurotic depressive outpatients, and 17 healthy volunteers. Variations in urinary PEA concentrations did not appear to correlate with any of the diagnostic groups.