Blood and urinary metabolomic evidence validating traditional Chinese medicine diagnostic classification of major depressive disorder

Abstract Background Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a highly heterogeneous disease. Further classification may characterize its heterogeneity. The purpose of this study was to examine whether metabolomic variables could differentiate traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) diagnostic subtypes of MDD....

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Main Authors: Lan-Ying Liu, Hong-Jian Zhang, Li-Yuan Luo, Jin-Bao Pu, Wei-Qing Liang, Chun-Qin Zhu, Ya-Ping Li, Pei-Rong Wang, Yuan-Yuan Zhang, Chun-Yu Yang, Zhang-Jin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Chinese Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13020-018-0211-z