Association of serum cortisol level with severity of depression and improvement in newly diagnosed patients with major depressive disorder in Jimma medical center, Southwest Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is the leading psychiatric disorder in low- and middle-income countries, and is to be the second leading cause of burden of disease by 2020. Cortisol plays a significant role in pathophysiology of MDD. Depression can alter serum cortisol level. However, th...

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Autores principales: Alenko, Arefayne, Markos, Yohannes, Fikru, Chaltu, Tadesse, Eyasu, Gedefaw, Lealem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7567351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33064754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240668

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