Thyroid autoimmunity, depression and anxiety; are there any connections? An epidemiological study of a large population

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 263-268

  Engum, Anne ^a,b   Bjøro, Trine ^c,d   Mykletun, Arnstein ^e   Dahl, Alv A ^c  

^a Levanger Hospital   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; Thyroid autoimmunity

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; THYROID DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; AUTOANTIBODIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 27444436890     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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