Pituitary gland volume in adolescent and young adult bipolar and unipolar depression

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-104

  Macmaster, Frank P ^a,d   Leslie, Ronald ^b   Rosenberg, David R ^a   Kusumakar, Vivek ^b,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depression; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pituitary; Volumetric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 38049115284     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2008.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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