Exaggerated TSH responses to TRH in depressed patients with 'normal' baseline TSH

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 266-270

  Kraus, Robert P ^a   Phoenix, Elizabeth ^a   Edmonds, Merrill W ^a   Nicholson, Ian R ^a   Chandarana, Praful C ^a   Tokmakejian, Sonya ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SCREENING TEST; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION;

EID: 0030854887     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v58n0606     Document Type: Article

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