Maturitas
Volume 55, Issue 2 , Pages 180-186 , 20 September 2006

The risk factors and symptomatology of perimenopausal depression

  • Özgür Öztürk

      Affiliations

    • TAPD (Family Planning Association of Turkey) Buca Medical Center, Koşuyolu cad. 506 sok. No. 2, Şirinyer/Buca, Izmir, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90 532 6545895; fax: +90 232 4388344.
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  • Defne Eraslan

      Affiliations

    • Ege University Medico-Social Unit, Izmir, Turkey
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  • Hayriye Elbi Mete

      Affiliations

    • Ege University Faculty of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey
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  • Serdar Özşener

      Affiliations

    • Ege University Faculty of Medicine Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Izmir, Turkey

Received 27 September 2005 ,Revised 7 February 2006 ,Accepted 8 February 2006.

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PII: S0378-5122(06)00062-4

doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2006.02.001

Maturitas
Volume 55, Issue 2 , Pages 180-186 , 20 September 2006

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