Lower serum transcortin (CBG) in major depressed females: Relationships with baseline and postdexamethasone cortisol values

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-56

  Maes, M ^a,b,c   Van Gastel, A ^b   Blockx, P ^b   Martin, M ^b   Cosyns, P ^c   Scharpe S ^a   Ranjan, R ^c   Desnyder, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Corticosteroid binding protein; Cortisol; Depression; Dexamethasone suppression test; HPA axis; Transcortin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; TRANSCORTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029942140     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0327(95)00093-3     Document Type: Article

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