Systemic low-grade inflammation in post-traumatic stress disorder: A systematic review

Journal of Inflammation Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2018, Pages 111-121

  Speer, Kathryn ^a   Upton, Dominic ^a   Semple, Stuart ^a   McKune, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Chronic disease; CRP; Cytokines; Immune system; Pro inflammation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COMPLEMENT; CYTOKINE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION;

EID: 85047140820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JIR.S155903     Document Type: Review

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