New insights into the role of cortisol and the glucocorticoid receptor in severe depression.

Biol Psychiatry

National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, Clinical Neuroendocrinology Branch, Intramural Research Program, 20852, Bethesda, MD, USA

Published: September 2002

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