Different immune patterns in melancholic and non-melancholic major depression

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 90-97

  Rothermundt, Matthias ^b   Arolt, Volker ^b   Fenker, Jan ^a   Gutbrodt, Heike ^a   Peters, Marion ^a   Kirchner, Holger ^a  

^a University of Luebeck School of Medicine   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Immunocompetent cells; Immunology; Major depression; Melancholia

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 0035020072     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004060170058     Document Type: Article

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