Salivary cortisol in panic attacks

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 454-456

  Bandelow, Borwin ^a   Wedekind, Dirk ^b   Pauls, Jutta ^b   Broocks, Andreas ^b   Hajak, Göran ^b   Rüther, Eckart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; STRESS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; AREA UNDER CURVE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PANIC DISORDER; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SALIVA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034103528     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.3.454     Document Type: Article

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