Response of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis to psychological stress in patients with psoriasis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1114-1120

  Richards, H L ^a,b   Ray, D W ^a   Kirby, B ^a   Mason, D ^a,b   Plant, D ^a   Main, C J ^b   Fortune, D G ^b   Griffiths, C E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Psoriasis; Stress; Trier

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PULSE RATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSORIASIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 28844458800     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06817.x     Document Type: Article

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