Higher DHEA-S (dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate) levels are associated with depressive symptoms during the menopausal transition: Results from the PENN Ovarian Aging Study

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 375-382

  Morrison, Mary Frances ^a   Freeman, Ellen W ^b   Lin, Hui ^b   Sammel, Mary D ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Depressive symptoms; Longitudinal cohort; Major depression; Menopausal transition

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CLIMACTERIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENOPAUSE; OVARIECTOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; SYMPTOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 80053924443     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-011-0231-5     Document Type: Article

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