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The Reliability of Urinary 5-HIAA Levels
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The Reliability of Urinary 5-HIAA Levels

Michael J Garvey, Russell Noyes Jr, Catherine Woodman and Brian Cook
Neuropsychobiology, Vol.29(4), pp.185-188
1994
DOI: 10.1159/000119085
PMID: 7519332

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Abstract

Examination of the serotonin metabolite, 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), in the urine of psychiatry patients has generally not been used because the reliability of urinary 5-HIAA levels has been questioned. Thirty-seven generalized anxiety disordered patients collected two consecutive urines for measurement of 5-HIAA. The correlation of the 5-HIAA collections was r = 0.82, p = 0.0001.
Biological Psychiatry

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