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Immune responsiveness following academic stress in first-year medical students.
Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research - 1 Sept 2001
Uchakin P N, Tobin B, Cubbage M, Marshall G, Sams C
Abstract excerpt
Many studies illustrate that physical or psychologic stressors can alter human immune function, which might predispose one to an increased susceptibility to infections. In the present study, we monitored immune responsiveness in 16 first-year medical students (age 23.8 +/- 2.2 years) during the first examination session. Baseline blood samples were collected 30 days prior to the first examination session....
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