Effects of supraphysiological thyroxine administration in healthy controls and patients with depressive disorders

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 285-294

  Bauer, Michael ^a,b   Baur, Hiltrud ^a   Berghöfer, Anne ^a   Ströhle, Andreas ^c   Hellweg, Rainer ^a   Müller Oerlinghausen, Bruno ^a   Baumgartner, Andreas ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Healthy controls; Safety; Side effects; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; TACHYCARDIA; THYROTOXICOSIS; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREMOR; VERTIGO; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0036280084     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(00)00363-3     Document Type: Article

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