Inflammatory markers in late pregnancy in association with postpartum depression—A nested case-control study

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 79, Issue , 2017, Pages 146-159

  Bränn, Emma ^a   Papadopoulos, Fotios ^a   Fransson, Emma ^b   White, Richard ^c   Edvinsson, Åsa ^a   Hellgren, Charlotte ^a   Kamali Moghaddam, Masood ^a   Boström, Adrian ^a   Schiöth, Helgi B ^a   Sundström Poromaa, Inger ^a   Skalkidou, Alkistis ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Immune system; Inflammation; Perinatal depression; Postpartum depression

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ADA GENE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXIN1 GENE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DNA METHYLATION; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IL10 GENE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ST1A1 GENE; STAMBP GENE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VALIDATION PROCESS; BLOOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85014689795     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.02.029     Document Type: Article

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