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Similarity in saliva cortisol measures in monozygotic twins and the influence of past major depression.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Jul 2000
Young E A, Aggen S H, Prescott C A, Kendler K S
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BACKGROUND: Some studies suggest that cortisol may be under genetic control. The aims of our study were to investigate the familial resemblance in morning and evening cortisol secretion as assessed by saliva cortisol and to assess the influence of history of major depression. METHODS: Women for this investigation were selected from an ongoing study in female-female twin pairs ascertained from the Virginia Twin...
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