The effect of a transient immune activation on subjective health perception in two placebo controlled randomised experiments.

BACKGROUND:Patient-reported outcomes predict mortality and play increasingly important roles in care, but factors that modify central measures such as health ratings have been little investigated. Building on designated immune-to-brain pathways, we aimed to determine how a short-term induced inflamm...

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Main Authors: Anna Andreasson, Bianka Karshikoff, Lisa Lidberg, Torbjörn Åkerstedt, Martin Ingvar, Caroline Olgart Höglund, John Axelsson, Mats Lekander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212313