Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine (Dec 2016)

Depression and Hypothyroidism in a Population-Based Study of Iranian Women

  • Zavareh Abbas Tavalaei,
  • Jomhouri Rohollah,
  • Bejestani Hadi Shahrad,
  • Arshad Mahmoud,
  • Daneshmand Mohammadali,
  • Ziaei Hossein,
  • Babadi Neda,
  • Amiri Marzieh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/rjim-2016-0033
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 54, no. 4
pp. 217 – 221

Abstract

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Background. Recent biochemical and physiological investigations have focused on the fundament of mood disorders in thyroid dysfunction. The present study aimed to address depressive disorder in a sample of Iranian hypothyroid women compared to euthyroid individuals.

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