Elevated cytotoxicity in combat veterans with long-term post-traumatic stress disorder: Preliminary observations

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 74-79

  Laudenslager, M L ^a   Aasal, R ^a,b   Adler, L ^a,b   Berger, C L ^a   Montgomery, P T ^a,b   Sandberg, E ^b   Wahlberg, L J ^b   Wilkins, R T ^a,b   Zweig, L ^a   Reite, M L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Hormones; Lymphocyte subsets; Natural killer cells; Post traumatic stress disorder; Psychoneuroimmunology

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD2 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROLACTIN;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER;

EID: 0032033940     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brbi.1997.0513     Document Type: Article

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