Postpartum depression, an autoimmune disease?

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 572-576

  Gleicher, Norbert ^a  

^a New York and Foundation for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Depression; Mood disorders; Postpartum depression; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34548476949     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2007.04.002     Document Type: Review

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