Cortisol and post-traumatic stress disorder in adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 191, Issue NOV., 2007, Pages 387-392

  Meewisse, Marie Louise ^a   Reitsma, Johannes B ^b   De Vries, Giel Jan ^a   Gersons, Berthold P R ^a   Olff, Miranda ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADRENAL CORTEX; BORDERLINE STATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35948999640     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.024877     Document Type: Conference Paper

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