Serum testosterone concentration in combat-related chronic posttraumatic stress disorder

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 90-95

  Karlović, Dalibor ^a   Serretti, Alessandro ^b   Marčinko, Darko ^a   Martinac, Marko ^a   Silić, Ante ^a   Katinić, Kriźo ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Comorbidity; Major depressive disorder; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMBAT DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TESTOSTERONE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84855899131     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329556     Document Type: Article

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