Subclinical hypothyroidism: A modifiable risk factor for depression?

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 508-510

  Haggerty Jr , John J ^a,b   Stern, Robert A ^a   Mason, George A ^a   Beckwith, Julie ^a   Morey, Clare E ^a   Prange Jr , Arthur J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; THYROID FUNCTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0027469676     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.150.3.508     Document Type: Article

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