In order to evaluate the effect of psychological stress on immune activity, we examined immune system-associated antigen expressed on peripheral blood lymphocytes in tension-type headache. We found differences between the highly stressed patient group and the minimally stressed. These results support the concept that psychological stress my significantly alter the immune activity in patients suffering from tension-type headache depending upon whether they are highly stressed or not.
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