Plasma melatonin circadian rhythm disturbances during pregnancy and postpartum in depressed women and women with personal or family histories of depression

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 165, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1551-1558

  Parry, Barbara L ^a   Meliska, Charles J ^b   Sorenson, Diane L ^b   Lopez, Ana M ^b   Martinez, Luis F ^b   Nowakowski, Sara ^b   Elliott, Jeffrey A ^b   Hauger, Richard L ^b   Kripke, Daniel F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; TIME;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELATONIN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM;

EID: 57349113850     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08050709     Document Type: Article

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