title: CSF transthyretin in patients with depression.
abstract: Some depressed patients may suffer from restricted central hypothyroidism, which could occur if levels of the thyroid hormone transport protein transthyretin were low. CSF transthyretin was measured in eight inpatients with refractory major depression and nine neurological patients. The depressed patients had significantly lower transthyretin levels than the comparison subjects, suggesting that central hypothyroidism, with normal peripheral thyroid concentrations, could occur in some depressed patients.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Hatterer
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Herbert
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Hidaka
authors: S P
authors: SP
authors: Roose
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Gorman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011228:Prealbumin / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*
chemical_list: D011228:Prealbumin