Postmortem and cerebrospinal fluid studies of corticotropin-releasing factor in humans

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 780, Issue , 1996, Pages 96-105

  Hartline, Kelly M ^a   Owens, Michael J ^a   Nemeroff, Charles B ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; AUTOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0029947133     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb15114.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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