Low cortisol, high DHEA, and high levels of stimulated TNF-α, and IL-6 in women with PTSD

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 530-539

  Gill, Jessica ^a   Vythilingam, Meena ^b   Page, Gayle G ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; PRASTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ASSAULT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MARRIAGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAPE; SALIVA ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BALTIMORE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 61849166110     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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