Association between autoimmune thyroiditis and depressive disorder in psychiatric outpatients

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 67-72

  Degner, Detlef ^a   Haust, Merle ^a   Meller, Johannes ^a   Rüther, Eckart ^a   Reulbach, Udo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroiditis; Depression; Hashimoto disease; Outpatients; Psychiatry; Thyroid diseases

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; ANTI-THYROGLOBULIN; AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922236440     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-014-0529-1     Document Type: Article

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