PTSD patients show increasing cytokine levels during treatment despite reduced psychological distress

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 14, Issue , 2018, Pages 2367-2378

  Toft, Helge ^a,b   Bramness, Jørgen G ^a,c   Lien, Lars ^a,d   Abebe, Dawit S ^a,e   Wampold, Bruce E ^f,g   Tilden, Terje ^f   Hestad, Knut ^a,d,h   Neupane, Sudan Prasad ^a,b  

^a INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^f Research Institute   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^h NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Immune activation; Inflammation; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY ASSESSMENT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLOBAL SEVERITY INDEX; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

EID: 85057529932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S173659     Document Type: Article

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