Cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone, and estradiol measured over 24 hours in women with childhood sexual abuse-related posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 919-927

  Bremner, Douglas ^a,d   Vermetten, Eric ^b   Kelley, Mary E ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Depression; Estradiol; Glucocorticoids; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BULIMIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMORBIDITY; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; SECRETORY RATE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 34748872491     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181594ca0     Document Type: Article

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