title: Preliminary study of thyrotrophin releasing hormone stimulation test in chronic low back pain patients.
abstract: Chronic pain has been considered as a variant of depression or as a masked depression. In an attempt to unravel the complex relationship between chronic pain and depression, we administered the TRH stimulation test to a uniform group of chronic pain patients classified into those with and without major depression using DSM-III criteria. Eighteen percent showed blunting of TSH response to TRH. There was no significant difference between the two groups.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone