Lithium and antidepressants: Inhibiting eicosanoids, stimulating immunity, and defeating microorganisms

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 429-432

  Lieb, Julian ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTHRAX TOXIN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; ICOSANOID; IMIPRAMINE; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; INDOMETACIN; LITHIUM; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; PHENELZINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; APHTHOUS ULCER; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOPOTENTIATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSETTE FORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036784168     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(02)00148-2     Document Type: Article

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