Innate immune markers in mothers and fathers of children newly diagnosed with cancer

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 102-107

  Lutz Stehl, Meredith J ^a   Kazak, Anne E ^a,b   Hwang, Wei Ting ^a   Pai, Ahna L H ^a   Reilly, Anne F ^a   Douglas, Steven D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Caregivers; Immune function; Natural killer cell; Pediatric cancer

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM 51;

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CAREGIVER; CELL STRAIN K 562; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FAMILY THERAPY; FATHER; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MOTHER; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PARENT; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STRESS; THE INTENSITY OF TREATMENT RATING SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INFANT; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 48449104454     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000148192     Document Type: Article

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