Serum iron levels in depressed patients.
76 depressive patients (male and female) suffering from different kinds of depression (involutional, uni-and bipolar, neurotic, postpartum) showed no reduced serum iron levels. Even after a three to five weeks therapy with tricyclic antidepressants the serum iron levels of 17 of these patients were still within the normal range. On the basis of these results we can neither see a correlation between hyposideremia and the depressive syndrome, nor a hint for a decrease of serum iron levels under treatment with tricyclic antidepressants.
D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D007501:Iron