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Labile anger during interferon alfa treatment is associated with a polymorphism in tumor necrosis factor alpha.
Clinical neuropharmacology - 1 Jul 2010
Lotrich Francis E, Ferrell Robert E, Rabinovitz Mordechai, Pollock Bruce G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Inflammatory cytokines may influence both labile anger and depression. Both psychiatric conditions can occur during interferon alfa-based treatments. Evidence also indicates a central nervous system role for tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), whose expression may be increased by interferon alfa. A polymorphism in the promoter region of TNF-alpha has been associated with various inflammatory...
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