Brain-derived neurotrophic factor predicts physical health in untreated patients with hepatitis C

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Modabbernia, Amirhossein ^a,c   Ashrafi, Mandana ^a   Keyvani, Hossein ^b   Taslimi, Shervin ^a,b   Poorkaveh, Atefeh ^a,d   Merat, Shahin ^a   Poustchi, Hossein ^a   Malekzadeh, Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANXIETY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MOOD DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS;

EID: 80051473768     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.01.028     Document Type: Letter

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