Changes in allergy symptoms and depression scores are positively correlated in patients with recurrent mood disorders exposed to seasonal peaks in aeroallergens

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Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 1968-1977

  Postolache, Teodor T ^a   Lapidus, Manana ^a   Sander, Evan R ^a   Langenberg, Patricia ^a   Hamilton, Robert G ^b   Soriano, Joseph J ^a   McDonald, Jessica S ^a,c   Furst, Nancy ^a,c   Bai, Jie ^a   Scrandis, Debra A ^a   Cabassa, Johanna A ^a   Stiller, John W ^a,d   Balis, Theodora ^a   Guzman, Alvaro ^a   Togias, Alkis ^b,e   Tonelli, Leonardo H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c National Center for the Treatment of Phobias   (United States)

^d St Elizabeths Hospital   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeroallergen; Allergen specific IgE; Allergy; Bipolar disorder; Major depression; Tree pollen

Indexed keywords

AEROALLERGEN; ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERVENTION STUDY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; POLLEN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCREENING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOM; AIR POLLUTANT; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HAY FEVER; MIDDLE AGED; SEASON; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER;

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLERGENS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS; SPORES;

EID: 38149028546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.286     Document Type: Article

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