title: High reverse T3 levels in manic an unipolar depressed women.
abstract: A relatively high percentage of patients with affective disorders have abnormalities of thyroid function, and over 60% of endogenously depressed and most manic patients show a blunted thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) response to thyroid-releasing hormone (TRH) injections. We now replicate earlier findings concerning relatively high 3,3',5'-triiodothyronine (reverse T3) levels in unipolar depressives and find similarly high levels in manic women. The significance of the present finding is unknown, but measurement of reverse T3 levels as a potential tool in differential diagnosis of affective disorders and in psychobiological research should be explored further.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000097:blood*; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000097:blood*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood*; D014285:Triiodothyronine, Reverse / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D014284:Triiodothyronine; D014285:Triiodothyronine, Reverse; D013974:Thyroxine