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When grief makes you sick: bereavement induced systemic inflammation is a question of genotype.
Brain, behavior, and immunity - 1 Oct 2012
Schultze-Florey Christian R, Martínez-Maza Otoniel, Magpantay Larry, Breen Elizabeth Crabb, Irwin Michael R, Gündel Harald, O'Connor Mary-Frances
Abstract excerpt
Although bereavement is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in the surviving spouse, some widow(er)s remain healthy. Genetic variability in expression of inflammatory markers in response to stress may be the key to this observation. The present study compares bereaved vs. married/pa...
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