Increased pro-inflammatory milieu in combat related PTSD – A new cohort replication study

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 59, Issue , 2017, Pages 260-264

  Lindqvist, Daniel ^a,b   Dhabhar, Firdaus S ^c   Mellon, Synthia H ^a   Yehuda, Rachel ^d,e   Grenon, S Marlene ^f,g   Flory, Janine D ^d,e   Bierer, Linda M ^d,e   Abu Amara, Duna ^h   Coy, Michelle ^a   Makotkine, Iouri ^d,e   Reus, Victor I ^a   Bersani, F Saverio ⁱ   Marmar, Charles R ^h   Wolkowitz, Owen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Combat; Cytokines; Depression; Inflammation; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; CYTOKINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REPLICATION STUDY; SMOKING; VETERAN; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; INFLAMMATION; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; CYTOKINES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84991783906     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2016.09.012     Document Type: Article

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