Suicide and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

Lancet

Volumn 366, Issue 9490, 2005, Pages 959-961

  Young, Elizabeth A ^a   Coryell, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE;

DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24944574282     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67348-5     Document Type: Note

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