Effect of light therapy on biopterin, neopterin and tryptophan in patients with seasonal affective disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-42

  Hoekstra, Rocco ^a   Fekkes, Durk ^b   Van De Wetering, Ben J M ^a   Pepplinkhuizen, Lolke ^b   Verhoeven, Willem M A ^b  

^a Delta Psychiatrisch Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depression; Immune activation; Pteridine; Serotonin; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

BIOPTERIN; NEOPTERIN; PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD LEVEL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL PATIENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEASON; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SUMMER;

EID: 0141448697     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00167-7     Document Type: Article

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