Decreased serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in major depressed patients

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-148

  Karege, Félicien ^a   Perret, Guillaume ^b   Bondolfi, Guido ^b   Schwald, Michèle ^a   Bertschy, Gilles ^b   Aubry, Jean Michel ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antidepressant drug; Major depression; Montgomery sberg Depression Rating Scale; Platelet brain derived neurotrophic factor

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; BLOOD PLATELETS; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036202956     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(02)00005-7     Document Type: Article

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