Depressive and anxiety symptoms in the early puerperium are related to increased degradation of tryptophan into kynurenine, a phenomenon which is related to immune activation
- 13 June 2002
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier in Life Sciences
- Vol. 71 (16) , 1837-1848
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0024-3205(02)01853-2
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