Can incidence of depression in women be linked to estrogen dependent secretion of various hormone binding proteins?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-212

  Dodig Curkovic, Katarina ^a   Kurbel, Sven ^b   Matic, Vesna Cacinovic ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^c Nasice General County Hospital   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACENTA LACTOGEN; TRANSCORTIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BLOOD PROTEINS; DEPRESSION; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIVER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 57749202705     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.09.034     Document Type: Article

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