Increased serum cortisol and growth hormone levels in earthquake survivors with PTSD or subclinical PTSD

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1155-1159

  Song, Yuqing ^a,b   Zhou, Dongfeng ^a   Wang, Xiangdong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Growth hormone; Neuroendocrine; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROLACTIN; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 49049090317     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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