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. 1980 Oct-Dec;22(4):353–355.

THYROID FUNCTION IN DEPRESSION

G C Boral 1, A B Ghosh 2, S K Pal 3, K K Ghosh 4, D N Nandi 5
PMCID: PMC3013610  PMID: 22058497

SUMMARY

Studies on thyroid functions were performed on patients suffering from depression and compared with normal control group. 31 different cases of depression were studied for their thyroid function andshowed a diminished level of T3 and T4 with a concomitant rise in TSH level. When the female population of these 31 cases was compared with their male counterparts the females showed a significantly lower thyroidal functional status than the males.

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