Patterns of endogenous steroids in apathetic refugee children are compatible with long-term stress

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Söndergaard, Hans Peter ^a   Kushnir, Mark M ^b,c,d   Aronsson, Bernice ^a   Sandstedt, Per ^a   Bergquist, Jonas ^b,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apathetic refugee children; Cortisol; Dissociative disorders; Mass spectrometry; Neurosteroids; Steroids

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SWEDEN; SYNDROME; TIME;

17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CORTISONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREGNENOLONE; REFUGEES; STEROIDS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84862157847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-186     Document Type: Article

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