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Investigating the inflammatory phenotype of major depression: focus on cytokines and polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Journal of psychiatric research - 1 Jan 2009
Dinan Timothy, Siggins Lee, Scully Paul, O'Brien Sinead, Ross Paul, Stanton Catherine
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There is evidence that increased inflammatory activity contributes to treatment non-response in depression and studies suggest that omega-3 fatty acid supplementation is effective in antidepressant non-responders. We tested the hypotheses that in major depression (1) the plasma omega-6:omega-3 fa...
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