Flow cytometric determination of glucocorticoid receptor (GCR) expression in lymphocyte subpopulations: Lower quantity of GCR in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 335-339

  Gotovac, K ^a   Sabioncello, A ^a   Rabatic S ^a   Berki, T ^b   Dekaris, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cortisol; HPA axis; Immunophenotyping; NK cells; War veterans

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 0037322334     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2003.02075.x     Document Type: Article

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