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Occult thyroid dysfunction in patients with refractory depression
G R Gewirtz1, D Malaspina, J A Hatterer
1Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY.
The American Journal of Psychiatry
|August 1, 1988
Abstract:
Assessment of metabolic rate was useful in evaluating refractory depression in six of 15 women. Five of the six had normal levels of T3 and T4; however, each had an elevated thyrotropin-stimulating hormone level or a low metabolic rate. The depressions responded to medication with thyroid hormone.