Higher prevalence of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in psychiatric patients than in healthy subjects

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 297-301

  Hájek, Tomáš ^a   Pašková, Beáta ^a   Janovská, Daniela ^a   Bahbouh, Radvan ^a   Hájek, Peter ^a   Libiger, Jan ^a   Höschl, Cyril ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MACROGOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0036164566     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.2.297     Document Type: Article

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