Interleukin-18 and CD30 serum levels in patients with moderate-severe depression

Mediators of Inflammation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 265-267

  Merendino, Rosaria Alba ^a   Di Rosa, Antonio Enrico ^a   Di Pasquale, Giuseppe ^a   Minciullo, Paola Lucia ^a   Mangraviti, Carmela ^a   Costantino, Antonella ^a   Ruello, Antonella ^a   Gangemi, Sebastiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

IL 18; Moderate severe depression; sCD30; Serum

Indexed keywords

CD30 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 18;

ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD30; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036699414     PISSN: 09629351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096293502900000131     Document Type: Article

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