Thyroid hormone concentrations in depressed and nondepressed adolescents: Group differences and behavioral relations

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 299-306

  Dorn, Lorah D ^a,e,g   Burgess, Ellen S ^f   Dichek, Helen L ^a,b   Putnam, Frank W ^c   Chrousos, George P ^a   Gold, Philip W ^d  

^a NICHD   (United States)

^b NHLBI   (United States)

^c Lab of Developmental Psychology   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g 440 Victoria Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; depression; thyroid

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTERVIEW; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SELF REPORT; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030052519     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199603000-00010     Document Type: Article

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