Gender differences in glycosylated hemoglobin levels in seasonal affective disorder patients and controls

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 234-237

  Neuhaus, Isaac M ^a   Schwartz, Paul J ^a   Turner, Erick H ^a   Feldman Naim, Susana ^a   Matthews, Jeffery R ^a   Lam, Gregory ^a   Rosenthal, Norman E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; MALE; OVERNUTRITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEIGHT GAIN; WINTER;

EID: 0032911404     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-440X(99)90010-X     Document Type: Article

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