Psychological distress and natural killer cells in gay men with and without HIV infection

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 151, Issue 10, 1994, Pages 1479-1484

  Sahs, John A ^a   Goetz, Raymond ^b   Reddy, Mohan ^b   Rabkin, Judith G ^b   Williams, Janet B W ^b   Kertzner, Robert ^b   Gorman, Jack M ^b  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0028128299     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.151.10.1479     Document Type: Article

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