Increase in concentration of waking salivary cortisol in recovered patients with depression.
OBJECTIVE: Dysfunction of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis with elevated plasma cortisol levels is characteristic of acute major depression. However, it is unclear whether HPA axis abnormalities are present in fully recovered patients. An increase in salivary cortisol levels after waki...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2003
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