Leukocyte subsets in treatment-resistant major depression

Polish Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 547-549

  Kubera, Marta ^d   Van Bockstaele, Dirk ^a   Maes, Michael ^b,c  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Clinical Research Center for Mental Health of Antwerp   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

CD4+ helper T cells; Leukocyte subsets; Treatment resistant major depression

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; FLUOXETINE; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-CD8 RATIO; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033399357     PISSN: 12306002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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