Introducing a novel method to assess cumulative steroid concentrations: Increased hair cortisol concentrations over 6 months in medicated patients with depression

Stress

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 348-353

  Dettenborn, Lucia ^a,b   Muhtz, Christoph ^b   Skoluda, Nadine ^a   Stalder, Tobias ^a   Steudte, Susann ^a   Hinkelmann, Kim ^b   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^a   Otte, Christian ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Depression; Glucocorticoids; Hair analysis; HPA axis; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGOMELATINE; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; LITHIUM; MIRTAZAPINE; MOOD STABILIZER; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 84859192748     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2011.619239     Document Type: Article

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