Dexamethasone suppression test in borderline personality disorder - Effects of posttraumatic stress disorder

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 919-923

  Lange, Wolfgang ^a   Wulff, Hella ^a   Berea, Christina ^a   Beblo, Thomas ^a   Saavedra, Anamaria Silva ^a   Mensebach, Christoph ^a   Wingenfeld, Katja ^a   Driessen, Martin ^a  

^a Gilead Hospital Bethel   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Comorbidity; Dexamethasone suppression test; Major depression; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 22144495369     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2005.02.009     Document Type: Article

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