Cortisol circadian rhythms and stress responses in infants at risk of allergic disease

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 13, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 294-300

  Ball, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth order; Circadian rhythm; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Salivary cortisol, allergy; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ATOPY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOWN REGULATION; ETHICS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STRESS; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34548059508     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104857     Document Type: Review

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