Psychological stress and puerperal mastitis - Possible pathophysiological mechanisms

Current Women's Health Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-127

  Wöckel, Achim ^a,b   Beggel, Anna ^a   Gensch, Mo ^a   Abou Dakn, Michael ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Lactation; Mastitis puerperalis; Milk stasis; Stress

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; HYDROCORTISONE; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN;

BREAST ENGORGEMENT; BREAST FEEDING; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DISEASE COURSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; LACTATION; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; MASTITIS; MATERNAL STRESS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLIC STRESS; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PUERPERAL DISORDER; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SUCKLING; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34248636518     PISSN: 15734048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573404810703020123     Document Type: Review

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