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Depression with above-normal plasma vasopressin: validation by relations with family history of depression and mixed anxiety and retardation.
Psychiatry research - 28 Feb 2006
Goekoop Jaap G, de Winter Remco P F, de Rijk Roel, Zwinderman Koos H, Frankhuijzen-Sierevogel Ank, Wiegant Victor M
Abstract excerpt
An anxious-retarded subtype of depression has been derived from the DSM-IV category of melancholia. It is defined by combined high scores for anxiety and retardation, and is related to family history of depression and increased plasma vasopressin (AVP) levels. Central problems concerning this hypothesized subcategory are whether elevated plasma AVP is related to family history, whether it would be better...
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