The thyroid, magnesium and calcium in major depression

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 428-429

  Joffe, Russell T ^a   Levitt, Anthony J ^b   Young, L Trevor ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LIOTHYRONINE; MAGNESIUM; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030246948     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(96)00063-7     Document Type: Article

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