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Article: Matriculating at West Point.(Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology Review and Commentary: The Immune System and Mind Function)(Brief Article)
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- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
- Article date:
- August 1, 2005
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Ninety-five randomly selected 18 year-olds from a pool of 583 consenting first-year West Point cadets had blood drawn at registration into the Academy program, at the end of the first 6 weeks of cadet basic training, following winter holidays on return to the academy, and during second year final examinations. A battery of 5 psychological instruments was completed and repeated one year later. Antibody levels remained essentially unchanged until the fourth blood drawing at final examination time, at which time there was a very significant rise in EBV titers (p
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