Stress, NK cells, and cancer: Still a promissory note

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 881-887

  Ben Eliyahu, Shamgar ^a   Page, Gayle G ^b   Schleifer, Steven J ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER IMMUNOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY; STRESS;

EID: 34548030911     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2007.06.008     Document Type: Review

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