Depression, another autoimmune disease from the view of autoantibodies

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 508-509

  Chen, Peisong ^a   Jiang, Tang ^a   Ouyang, Juan ^a   Chen, Yili ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SOMATOSTATIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; THYROID DISEASE;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 69249213385     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.06.018     Document Type: Article

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