Relapse of depression after vapid depletion of tryptophan

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9056, 1997, Pages 915-919

  Smith, K A ^a   Fairburn, C G ^a   Cowen, P J ^a  

^a Littlemore Mental Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; AMINO ACID; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MOOD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; BLOOD; BRAIN; BULIMIA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TIME;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; BRAIN; BULIMIA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; SEROTONIN; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0030611068     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)07044-4     Document Type: Article

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