Withdrawing interferon-α from psychiatric patients: Clinical care or unjustifiable stigma?

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1127-1132

  Spennati, A ^a   Pariante, C M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokines; depression; hepatitis C; immune; inflammation; interferon ; stigma

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; GAMMA INTERFERON;

CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STIGMA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; CONTRAINDICATIONS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84877755112     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291712001808     Document Type: Review

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