The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 119, Issue 9, Supplement 1 , Pages S87-S93 , September 2006

Sex Steroid Hormone Gene Polymorphisms and Depressive Symptoms in Women at Midlife

  • Howard M. Kravitz, DO, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence should be addressed to Howard M. Kravitz, DO, MPH, Rush University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Marshall Field IV Building, 1720 West Polk Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612.
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  • Imke Janssen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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  • Francis E. Lotrich, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • Deborah M. Kado, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine and Geriatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California–Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Joyce T. Bromberger, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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 The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) and the SWAN Repository were supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, through the National Institute on Aging, the National Institute of Nursing Research, and the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (Grant Nos. AG017719, NR004061, AG012505, AG012535, AG012531, AG012539, AG012546, AG012553, AG012554, and AG012495). The Sex Steroid Hormone Genetics Protocol was supported by the SWAN Repository. Work on this report also was supported by Grant No. AG024246 from the NIH to Dr. Deborah M. Kado.This report is based on samples from the SWAN DNA Repository. Scientists interested in developing studies based on this resource can find a description of the SWAN Core Repository and SWAN DNA Repository and information on obtaining access to the resources at www.swanrepository.org.Reprints are not available.

PII: S0002-9343(06)00832-1

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.07.010

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 119, Issue 9, Supplement 1 , Pages S87-S93 , September 2006

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