Weak association between blood sodium, potassium, and calcium and intensity of symptoms in major depressed patients

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 164-171

  Widmer, Jean ^a   Mouthon, Dominique ^a   Raffin, Yvette ^a   Chollet, Didier ^a   Hilleret, Henriette ^a   Malafosse, Alain ^a   Bovier, Philippe ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Anxiety; Calcium; Electrolytes; Erythrocytes; Potassium; Psychomotor retardation; Sodium; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CALCIUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; POTASSIUM; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SODIUM;

EID: 0030811431     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000119378     Document Type: Article

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