Depressive symptoms lead to impaired cellular immune response

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 253-260

  Fortes, Cristina ^a   Farchi, Sara ^b   Forastiere, Francesco ^c   Agabiti, Nera ^b   Pacifici, Roberta ^d   Zuccaro, Piergiorgio ^d   Perucci, Carlo A ^c   Ebrahim, Shah ^e  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^b Agy for Pub Health of Lazio Region   (Italy)

^c ASL RM/E   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly population; Immunity; T cells

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL DEPRESSION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SENESCENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING HABIT; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0041384361     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071896     Document Type: Article

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