Low oxytocin and melatonin levels and their possible role in the diagnosis and prognosis in Iraqi autistic children

Haidar A. Abdulamir; Omar F. Abdul-Rasheed; Emad A. Abdulghani

doi:10.15537/smj.2016.1.13183

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Low oxytocin and melatonin levels and their possible role in the diagnosis and prognosis in Iraqi autistic children

Haidar A. Abdulamir, Omar F. Abdul-Rasheed and Emad A. Abdulghani

Saudi Medical Journal January 2016, 37 (1) 29-36; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.1.13183

Haidar A. Abdulamir

From the Department of Pharmacy (Abdulamir), Al Yarmouk University College, the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Abdul-Rasheed), College of Medicine, Al-Nahrain University, the Ministry of Health (Abdulghani), Baghdad, Iraq

BSc, MSc

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Omar F. Abdul-Rasheed

MSc, PhD

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Emad A. Abdulghani

MBChB, FIBMS

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vol. 37 no. 1 29-36

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Received August 20, 2015
Accepted November 9, 2015
Published online January 1, 2016.

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Haidar A. Abdulamir, BSc, MSc ⇑,
Omar F. Abdul-Rasheed, MSc, PhD and
Emad A. Abdulghani, MBChB, FIBMS

From the Department of Pharmacy (Abdulamir), Al Yarmouk University College, the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Abdul-Rasheed), College of Medicine, Al-Nahrain University, the Ministry of Health (Abdulghani), Baghdad, Iraq

Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Omar F. Abdul-Rasheed, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq. E-mail: omar_rasheed39{at}yahoo.com

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