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Title: The role of pterins and related factors in the biology of early postpartum depression
Author: Abou-Saleh MT, Ghubash R, Karim L, Krymski M, Anderson DN.
Abstract:
Plasma tryptophan and other putative amino acids, cortisol, folate and vitamin B12 and urinary biopterin (B) and neopterins (N) were measured in three groups of women: 62 women in the early postpartum period, 23 pregnant and 38 non-gravid controls. Six
Journal: Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 1999 Jun;9(4):295-300