General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 241-242 , May 2004

Cortisol and recurrent depressive episodes

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.01.005

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 241-242 , May 2004