Sex differences in serum markers of major depressive disorder in the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Ramsey, Jordan M ^a   Cooper, Jason D ^a   Bot, Mariska ^b   Guest, Paul C ^a   Lamers, Femke ^b   Weickert, Cynthia S ^c   Penninx, Brenda W J H ^b   Bahn, Sabine ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CD5L ANTIGEN; CYSTATIN C; FASLG RECEPTOR; FETUIN A; GROWTH FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TREFOIL FACTOR 3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLAMMATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BLOOD; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BIOMARKERS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84971601483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156624     Document Type: Article

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