Plasma corticotropin-releasing factor in depressive disorders

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-20

  Catalán, Roberto ^a   Gallart, José M ^a   Castellanos, José M ^a   Galard, Rosa ^a  

^a JMC RG) Neuroendocrinol Res U   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corticotropic hormone; Corticotropin releasing factor; Cortisol; Dysthymia; Major depression

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032125433     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00539-8     Document Type: Article

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