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  1. Division of Molecular Medicine, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, P.O. Box 180, 10002, Zagreb, Croatia

    Nela Pivac, Dorotea Muck-Seler, Maja Mustapic & Martina Dezeljin

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Referral Centre for the Stress Related Disorders of the Ministry of the Republic of Croatia, Clinical Hospital Dubrava, Av. G. Suska 6, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Dragica Kozaric-Kovacic

  3. Centre for Alcoholism and Other Addictions, Psychiatric Hospital Vrapce, Zagreb, Croatia

    Korona Nenadic-Sviglin

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Pivac, N., Muck-Seler, D., Kozaric-Kovacic, D. et al. Platelet monoamine oxidase in alcoholism. Psychopharmacology 182, 194–196 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-005-0045-0

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