Euthyroid sick syndrome in psychiatric inpatients

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1288-1293

  Nader, Shahla ^a,b   Warner, M Dhyanne ^b   Doyle, Suzanne ^a   Peabody, Cecilia A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

euthyroid sick; mood disorder; pituitary; schizophrenia; substance abuse; thyroid

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EUTHYROID SICK SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0030589684     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00626-5     Document Type: Article

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