Pituitary-adrenal cortical axis measures as predictors of sustained remission in major depression

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-89

  O'Toole, Susan M ^a   Sekula, L Kathleen ^a   Rubin, Robert T ^a,b  

^a Neurosciences Research Center   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Corticotropin; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Cortisol; Depression; Remission

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; COSYNTROPIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0030922017     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00293-4     Document Type: Article

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