Testosterone, androstenedione and dihydrotestosterone concentrations are elevated in female patients with major depression

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 765-771

  Weber, Bettina ^a   Lewicka, Sabina ^b   Deuschle, Michael ^a   Colla, Michael ^a   Heuser, Isabella ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androstenedione; Dihydrotestosterone; HPA system; Major depression; Testosterone; Women

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; ANDROSTENEDIONE; DEPRESSION; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0033849415     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(00)00023-8     Document Type: Article

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