Season of birth, clinical manifestations and Dexamethasone Suppression Test in unipolar major depression

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N ^a   Iacovides, Apostolos ^a   Karamouzis, Michael ^a   Kaprinis, George S ^a   Ierodiakonou, Charalambos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUMMER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WINTER;

EID: 34548538827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-6-20     Document Type: Article

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