Changes in thyroid hormone levels associated with desipramine response in adolescent depression

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1053-1063

  Sokolov, Stephen T H ^a,c   Kutcher, Stanley P ^b   Joffe, Russell T ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescent depression; desipramine; thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

DESIPRAMINE; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; MALE;

EID: 0030219851     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-5846(96)00083-8     Document Type: Article

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