Cerebrospinal fluid corticotropin-releasing factor concentrations in patients with anxiety disorders and normal comparison subjects

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 703-707

  Fossey, Mark D ^a,d   Lydiard, R Bruce ^a   Ballenger, James C ^a   Laraia, Michele T ^a   Bissette, Garth ^b   Nemeroff, Charles B ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cerebrospinal fluid; Corticotropin releasing factor; Generalized anxiety disorder panic; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030014216     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00197-2     Document Type: Article

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