Increased diurnal plasma concentrations of cortisone in depressed patients

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1133-1136

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

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORTISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034453810     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.85.3.6469     Document Type: Article

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