Immunological aspects of bipolar disorder

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 86-90

  Kupka, R W ^a   Hillegers, M H J ^a   Nolen, W A ^a   Breunis, N ^a   Drexhage, H A ^a  

^a Altrecht Inst for Mental Hlth Care   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Cell mediated immunity; Lithium; Thyroid autoimmunity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KILLER CELL; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL STRESS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0033824207     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S092427080003547X     Document Type: Article

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