Hypocortisolism and increased glucocorticoid sensitivity of pro-Inflammatory cytokine production in Bosnian war refugees with posttraumatic stress disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 745-751

  Rohleder, Nicolas ^a   Joksimovic, Ljiljana ^a   Wolf, Jutta M ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Glucocorticoid sensitivity; HPA axis; Hypocortisolism; Inflammation; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; WAR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; DEXAMETHASONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTERLEUKIN-5; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; REFERENCE VALUES; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; WAR;

EID: 1642320206     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2003.11.018     Document Type: Article

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