Stress and rheumatoid arthritis: An integrative review

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-145

  Huyser, Bruce ^a   Parker, Jerry C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; STEROID HORMONE;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LIFE EVENT; METHODOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STRESS;

EID: 84988305222     PISSN: 0004-3591     EISSN: 1529-0131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1790110209     Document Type: Review

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