Alcohol decreases the nocturnal peak of TSH in healthy volunteers

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-214

  Danel, Thierry ^a,b   Touitou, Yvan ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Clinique de la Charite   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcoholism; Thyroid; TSH

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLACEBO; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN RELEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0242576439     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-003-1532-9     Document Type: Article

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