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Serotonin and serotonin transporter levels in autistic children

Haidar A. Abdulamir, Omar F. Abdul-Rasheed and Emad A. Abdulghani
Saudi Medical Journal May 2018, 39 (5) 487-494; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.5.21751
Haidar A. Abdulamir
From the Department of Pharmacy (Abdulamir), Al Yarmouk University College, from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Abdul-Rasheed), College of Medicine, Al-Nahrain University; and from the Mental Health (Abdulghani), Ministry of Health, Baghdad, Iraq
MSc, PhD
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Omar F. Abdul-Rasheed
From the Department of Pharmacy (Abdulamir), Al Yarmouk University College, from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Abdul-Rasheed), College of Medicine, Al-Nahrain University; and from the Mental Health (Abdulghani), Ministry of Health, Baghdad, Iraq
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Emad A. Abdulghani
From the Department of Pharmacy (Abdulamir), Al Yarmouk University College, from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Abdul-Rasheed), College of Medicine, Al-Nahrain University; and from the Mental Health (Abdulghani), Ministry of Health, Baghdad, Iraq
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vol. 39 no. 5 487-494
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.5.21751
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29738009

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
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  • Received November 30, 2017
  • Accepted April 11, 2018
  • Published online May 1, 2018.

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  1. Haidar A. Abdulamir, MSc, PhD,
  2. Omar F. Abdul-Rasheed, MSc, PhD⇑ and
  3. Emad A. Abdulghani, MBChB, FIBMS
  1. From the Department of Pharmacy (Abdulamir), Al Yarmouk University College, from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Abdul-Rasheed), College of Medicine, Al-Nahrain University; and from the Mental Health (Abdulghani), Ministry of Health, Baghdad, Iraq
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Prof. 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 ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-3016-9176
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