Retroviruses and schizophrenia in Jamaica

Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 237-243

  Rodgers Johnson, Pamela E B ^a   Hickling, Frederick W ^a,b   Irons, Aggrey ^a,c   Johnson, Bruce K ^a,d   Irons Morgan, Maureen ^c   Stone, Gary A ^d   Gibbs Jr , Clarence J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Psychotherapy Associates   (Jamaica)

^c The Bellevue Hospital   (Jamaica)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Afro Caribbeans; HTLV I; Schizophrenia; virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPASTIC PARESIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HTLV; HTLV II; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0029815609     PISSN: 10447393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02815228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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