Psychoneuroendocrinology of mood disorders: The hypothalamic-pituitary- thyroid axis

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 277-292

  Hendrick, V ^a   Altshuler, L ^a   Whybrow, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ESTROGEN; PROTIRELIN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION; DRUG POTENTIATION; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 0031835572     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0193-953X(05)70005-8     Document Type: Article

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