Association of exaggerated HPA axis response to the initial injection of interferon-alpha with development of depression during interferon-alpha therapy

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1342-1345

  Capuron, Lucile ^a   Raison, Charles L ^a   Musselman, Dominique L ^a   Lawson, David H ^a   Nemeroff, Charles B ^a   Miller, Andrew H ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MELANOMA; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0042477750     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.7.1342     Document Type: Article

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