Blood levels of cytokines in elderly patients with major depressive disorder

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 309-313

  Brambilla, F ^a,c   Maggioni, M ^b  

^a Psychiatric Hospital Pini   (Italy)

^b Psychiatric Hospital Zucchi   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Elderly; Major depressive disorder; Phosphatidylserine

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION;

EID: 0031970243     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10005.x     Document Type: Article

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