Interaction of oxytocin level and past depression may predict postpartum depressive symptom severity

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 799-808

  Massey, Suena H ^a   Schuette, Stephanie A ^a   Pournajafi Nazarloo, Hossein ^b   Wisner, Katherine L ^a   Carter, C Sue ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Hormone; Mood; Oxytocin; Oxytocin receptor gene; Postpartum depression

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; BLOOD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; OXYTOCIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84960078166     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-016-0616-6     Document Type: Article

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