Serial CSF corticotropin-releasing hormone levels and adrenocortical activity in combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 585-588

  Baker, Dewleen G ^a   West, Scott A ^b   Nicholson, Wendall E ^b   Ekhator, Nosa N ^b   Kasckow, John W ^b   Hill, Kelly K ^b   Bruce, Ann B ^b   Orth, David N ^b   Geracioti Jr , Thomas D ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMBAT DISORDERS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0032905877     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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