The link between neurosteroids and syndromic/syndromal components of the mood spectrum disorders in women during the premenstrual phase

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hardoy, Maria Carolina ^a   Sardu, Claudia ^a   Dell'Osso, Liliana ^b   Giovanni, Mauro Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3ALPHA,21 DIHYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; HYDROCORTISONE; NEUROHORMONE; NEUROSTEROID; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTAGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; OUTPATIENT; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 42449111262     PISSN: 17450179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-0179-4-3     Document Type: Article

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