Increase in concentration of waking salivary cortisol in recovered patients with depression

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1890-1891

  Bhagwagar, Zubin ^a   Hafizi, Sepehr ^a   Cowen, Philip J ^a  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVATION; WAKEFULNESS; DEPRESSION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0642340714     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.10.1890     Document Type: Article

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