Journal of affective disorders, 1998, Vol.47 (1), p.49-54
1998
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- Titel
- Urinary free cortisol excretion in chronic fatigue syndrome, major depression and in healthy volunteers
- Ist Teil von
- Journal of affective disorders, 1998, Vol.47 (1), p.49-54
- Ort / Verlag
- Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 1998
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- Access via ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Urinary free cortisol excretion (UFC) was compared in 21 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), in 10 melancholic depressives and in 15 healthy controls. Patients with depression had UFC values which were significantly higher than healthy comparison subjects, whereas UFC excretion of CFS patients was significantly lower than the comparison group. These findings are in keeping with currently held hypotheses of hyperactivity and hypoactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in depression and chronic fatigue syndrome respectively. Five of the 21 CFS patients had a co-morbid depressive illness. This sub-group retained the profile of UFC excretion of those with CFS alone, suggesting a different pathophysiological basis for depressive symptoms in CFS.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0165-0327eISSN: 1573-2517DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(97)00101-8Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_79691229
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- Schlagworte
- Adult, Adult and adolescent clinical studies, Aged, Biological and medical sciences, Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), Comorbidity, Depression, Depressive Disorder - epidemiology, Depressive Disorder - physiopathology, Depressive Disorder - urine, Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic - epidemiology, Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic - physiopathology, Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic - urine, Female, Humans, Hydrocortisone - urine, Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System - physiopathology, Male, Medical sciences, Middle Aged, Mood disorders, Pituitary-Adrenal System - physiopathology, Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry, Psychopathology. Psychiatry, Urinary free cortisol (UFC)