Higher abnormal leukocyte and lymphocyte counts 20 years after exposure to severe stress: research and clinical implications

Abstract

OBJECTIVES:

Research suggests that individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to develop medical conditions and other stress-related psychiatric disorders. Given these findings and others suggesting that PTSD victims may have altered neuroendocrine and immune systems, the hypothesis that Vietnam veterans with PTSD have abnormally high leukocyte and lymphocyte counts was tested.

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