Serum neopterin and somatization in women with chemical intolerance, depressives, and normals

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-18

  Bell, Iris R ^a,b   Patarca, Roberto ^c   Baldwin, Carol M ^a   Klimas, Nancy G ^c   Schwartz, Gary E R ^a   Hardin, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Chemical intolerance; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Depression; Fibromyalgia; Neopterin; Somatization

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; NEOPTERIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIZATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NEOPTERIN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0031873755     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026511     Document Type: Article

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