Does differential neuroendocrine control of cytokine production govern the expression of autoimmune diseases in pregnancy and the postpartum period?

Molecular Medicine Today

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 379-383

  Elenkov, Ilia J ^a   Hoffman, Jean ^a   Wilder, Ronald L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CATECHOLAMINE; ESTROGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0031423240     PISSN: 13574310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-4310(97)01089-7     Document Type: Note

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