Serum concentrations of thyroid hormones in patients with nonseasonal affective disorders during treatment with bright and dim light

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 899-907

  Baumgartner, Andreas ^a,b   Volz, Hans Peter ^a   Campos Barros, Angel ^a   Stieglitz, Rolf Dieter ^a   Mansmann, Ulrich ^a   Mackert, Arthur ^a  

^a Dept of Nucl Med ^*

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Light treatment; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030298026     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(95)00582-X     Document Type: Article

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