Sex Steroid Hormone Gene Polymorphisms and Depressive Symptoms in Women at Midlife

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 9 SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Kravitz, Howard M ^a   Janssen, Imke ^a   Lotrich, Francis E ^b   Kado, Deborah M ^c   Bromberger, Joyce T ^d  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale; Depression; Genetics; Polymorphism; Sex steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; DNA; ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CHINESE; CLIMACTERIUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADULT; AROMATASE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 33747873150     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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