Serum dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and DHEA-sulfate (S) levels in medicated patients with major depressive disorder compared with controls

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 205-212

  Kurita, Hirofumi ^a   Maeshima, Hitoshi ^b   Kida, Sayaka ^b   Matsuzaka, Hisashi ^a   Shimano, Takahisa ^b   Nakano, Yoshiyuki ^b   Baba, Hajime ^b   Suzuki, Toshihito ^a,b   Arai, Heii ^a,b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Juntendo University Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA); DHEA S; Major depressive disorder; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84875222446     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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