Measurement of tryptophan, kynurenine and neopterin in women with and without postpartum blues

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 135-142

  Kohl, Claudia ^a   Walch, Thomas ^a   Huber, Regina ^a   Kemmler, Georg ^a   Neurauter, Gabriele ^b   Fuchs, Dietmar ^b,d   Sölder, Elisabeth ^c   Schröcksnadel, Hans ^c   Sperner Unterweger, Barbara ^c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Depression; Kynurenine; Neopterin; Postpartum blues; Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI); Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; KYNURENINE; NEOPTERIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYNURENINE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NEOPTERIN; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN OXYGENASE;

EID: 20344369025     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2004.12.013     Document Type: Article

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