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Elevated daytime cortisol levels: a biomarker of subsequent major affective disorder?
Journal of affective disorders - 1 Jul 2011
Ellenbogen Mark A, Hodgins Sheilagh, Linnen Anne-Marie, Ostiguy Caroline S
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BACKGROUND: Several studies have reported that the offspring of parents with affective disorders secrete high levels of daytime cortisol. A few studies have shown that high cortisol levels preceded the onset of affective symptoms. Only one study to date has found that an elevation in cortisol preceded the onset of an affective disorder, but this was observed only in those youth carrying the short allele of the...
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