Thyroid function 48h after delivery as a marker for subsequent postpartum depression

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 738-742

  Albacar, Glòria ^a   Sans, Teresa ^b   Martín Santos, Rocío ^c   García Esteve, Lluïsa ^c   Guillamat, Roser ^d   Sanjuan, Julio ^e   Cañellas, Francesca ^f   Carot, José Miguel ^g   Gratacòs, Mònica ^h   Bosch, Joan ^b   Gaviria, Ana ^a   Labad, Antonio ^a   Zotes, Alfonso Gutiérrez ^a   Vilella, Elisabet ^a  

^a IISPV   (Spain)

^b Mora d'Ebre and Sant Joan de Reus Hospitals   (Spain)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^d Coorporació Sanitària Parc Taulí ^*  (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL SON DURETA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^h CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

Author keywords

C reactive protein (CRP); Free thyroxin (fT4); Postpartum depression (PPD); Thyroid dysfunction; Thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOAbs); Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 77952546043     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.10.015     Document Type: Article

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