Different Serum BDNF levels in depression: Results from BDNF studies in fyr Macedonia and Bulgaria

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-127

  Ristevska Dimitrovska, Gordana ^a,b   Shishkov, Rinaldo ^c   Gerazova, Vesna Pejoska ^a   Vujovik, Viktorija ^a   Stefanovski, Branislav ^a   Novotni, Antoni ^a   Marinov, Petar ^c   Filov, Izabela ^b  

^a University Clinic of Psychiatry   (Macedonia)

^b St Kliment Ohridski University   (Macedonia)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

BDNF; Bulgaria; Depressive disorder; Fyr macedonia; State trait biological marker

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; ICD-10; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BULGARIA; CYCLOHEXANOLS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROXETINE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SERTRALINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881166541     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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