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Title: Hormonal aspects of postpartum depression.
Author: Abou-Saleh, Mohammed T.; Ghubash, Rafia; Karim, Leena; Krymski, Mikhail; Bhai, Idrees
Abstract:
Investigated the relationship between plasma cortisol, prolactin, oestrogen, progesterone, thyroxine, thyrotropin (or thyroid) stimulating hormone (TSH), and early postpartum depressive symptoms in 23 pregnant (mean age 27.8 yrs), 70 postpartum women (mea
Journal: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 23(5), Jul 1998, 465-475.