A possible role for the cortisol/anticortisols imbalance in the progression of human immunodeficiency virus

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Clerici, Mario ^a,b   Trabattoni, Daria ^a   Piconi, Stefania ^a   Fusi, Maria Luisa ^a   Ruzzante, Stefania ^a   Clerici, Claudia ^b   Villa, Maria Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cortisol; Cytokines; HIV infection; Immunology; T helper lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; DISEASE MARKER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE;

EID: 0030846134     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(97)00019-X     Document Type: Article

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