Thyroid hormones affect recovery from depression during antidepressant treatment

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-313

  Pae, Chi Un ^a,b   Mandelli, Laura ^c   Han, Changsu ^d   Ham, Byung Joo ^e   Masand, Prakash S ^b   Patkar, Ashwin A ^b   Steffens, David C ^b   De Ronchi, Diana ^c   Serretti, Alessandro ^c  

^a The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Hallym University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antidepressant treatment; Correlation; Depression; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COGNITION; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HAMILTON SCALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENOPAUSE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; OPEN STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COGNITION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 65649142031     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.01938.x     Document Type: Article

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