Depression and endocrine disorders: Focus on the thyroid and adrenal system

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue JUNE SUPP. 30, 1996, Pages 123-128

  Musselman, Dominique L ^a   Nemeroff, Charles B ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; LIOTHYRONINE; PROTIRELIN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADRENAL DISEASE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; THYROID GLAND;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEXAMETHASONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 0029953095     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/s0007125000298504     Document Type: Review

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