Bereavement is associated with time-dependent decrements in cellular immune function in asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus type 1-seropositive homosexual men

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-118

  Goodkin, Karl ^a,b   Feaster, Daniel J ^a   Tuttle, Raymond ^a   Blaney, Nancy T ^a   Kumar, Mahendra ^a   Baum, Marianna K ^a   Shapshak, Paul ^a   Fletcher, Mary Ann ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030065605     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.1.109-118.1996     Document Type: Article

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