Depression in women treated with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 378-382

  Toren, Paz ^b   Dor, Jehoshua ^c   Mester, Roberto ^c   Mozes, Tamar ^c   Blumensohn, Rachel ^c   Rehavi, Moshe ^a   Weizman, Abraham ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Decapeptyl; Depression; Gonadorelin; Gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist (GnRH a)

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY;

EID: 0030012175     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00473-4     Document Type: Article

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