Cumulative childhood stress and autoimmune diseases in adults

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-250

  Dube, Shanta R ^a   Fairweather, Delisa ^b   Pearson, William S ^a   Felitti, Vincent J ^c   Anda, Robert F ^a   Croft, Janet B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

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

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Childhood abuse; Inflammatory response; Stress; Traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOCARDITIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; ADULT CHILD; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

LYMPHOKINE;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 65649111156     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181907888     Document Type: Article

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