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Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus differ from healthy controls in their immunological response to acute psychological stress.
Brain, behavior, and immunity - 1 Dec 1999
Pawlak C R, Jacobs R, Mikeska E, Ochsmann S, Lombardi M S, Kavelaars A, Heijnen C J, Schmidt R E, Schedlowski M
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Clinical observations suggest that psychological stress induces exacerbation of disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In order to determine whether SLE patients differ from healthy controls in their stress response, we analyzed heart rate, blood pressure, catecholamine concentration, lymphocyte subpopulations, natural killer (NK) cell activity, and expression of beta-adrenoceptors...
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