The association between serum levels of neopterin and number of depressive episodes of major depression

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 372-375

  Celik, Cemil ^a   Erdem, Murat ^a   Cayci, Tuncer ^a   Ozdemir, Barbaros ^a   Ozgur Akgul, E ^a   Kurt, Yasemin Gulcan ^a   Yaman, Halil ^a   Isintas, Mehmet ^b   Ozgen, Fuat ^a   Ozsahin, Aytekin ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Department of Psychiatry   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Depressive episodes; Major depression; Neopterin

Indexed keywords

NEOPTERIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMOKING;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPTERIN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77649272742     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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