Alterations in immune functions during normal aging and Alzheimer's disease

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-80

  Song, Cai ^a,b   Vandewoude, Maurits ^c   Stevens, Wim ^d   De Clerck, Luc ^d   Van Der Planken, Marc ^d   Whelan, Alex ^e   Anisman, Hymie ^b   Dossche, Annemie ^c   Maes, Michael ^a,f,g  

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

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Brussels Saint Elisabeth Clinic   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Basophils; Cytokines; Immunity; Lymphocytes; Prostaglandin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTAGLANDINS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0033580124     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(98)00130-9     Document Type: Article

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