Plasma biopterin levels and depressive state in pregnancy and the early puerperal period

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 134-138

  Omura, Izumi ^a   Mizutani, Masako ^b   Goto, Setsuko ^b   Hashimoto, Ryo ^c   Kitagami, Tomitsune ^d   Miura, Hideki ^b   Ohta, Tatsuro ^b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KASUGAI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biopterin; Depressive state; Early puerperal period; Pregnancy; Zung's self rating depression scale

Indexed keywords

BIOPTERIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERIUM; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPTERIN; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0036240399     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054953     Document Type: Article

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