Season of birth, clinical manifestations and Dexamethasone Suppression Test in unipolar major depression

Konstantinos Ν. Fountoulakis1, Apostolos Iacovides1, Michael Karamouzis2, George Kaprinis1, C. S. Ierodiakonou1
1Third Department of Psychiatry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
2Laboratory of Biochemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

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