Chronic stress associated with spousal caregiving of patients with Alzheimer's dementia is associated with downregulation of B-lymphocyte GH mRNA

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages

  Wu, Hong ^b   Wang, Juan ^b   Cacioppo, John T ^b   Glaser, Ron ^b   Kiecolt Glaser, Janice K ^b   Malarkey, William B ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CAREGIVER; DOWN REGULATION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

INFLUENZA VIRUS; TRIXIS;

EID: 0032935138     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.4.M212     Document Type: Article

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