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Continuation therapy in endogenous depression controlled by changes in the TRH stimulation test

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

C. Kirkegaard  and
Eli Smith
C. Kirkegaard*
Affiliation:
Medical Department E and Psychiatric Department D, Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Eli Smith*
Affiliation:
Medical Department E and Psychiatric Department D, Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr C. Kirkegaard, Medical Department E, Frederiksberg Hospital, DK-2000 Copenhagen, Denmark.
1Address for correspondence: Dr C. Kirkegaard, Medical Department E, Frederiksberg Hospital, DK-2000 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Synopsis

Thyrotropin response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone is impaired during endogenous depression and normalized between the depressive periods. Changes in the thyrotropin response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone were shown to be of predictive value and might be useful in the control of continuation therapy with antidepressants in patients with endogenous depression.

Type
Preliminary Communication
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , August 1978 , pp. 501 - 503
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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