Is there a relationship between estrogen serum level and symptom severity throughout the menstrual cycle of patients with schizophrenia?

Therapy

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 745-751

  Akhondzadeh, Shahin ^a   Mokhberi, Kamran ^a   Amini, Homayoun ^a   Larijani, Bagher ^b   Kashani, Ladan ^c   Hashemi, Ladan ^a   Nejatisafa, Ali Akbar ^a   Shafaei, Ahmad Reza ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Menstrual cycle; Progesterone; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; RISPERIDONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MENTAL DISEASE; OVULATION; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOM;

EID: 26844444298     PISSN: 14750708     EISSN: 1744831X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14750708.2.5.745     Document Type: Article

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