Search for viral nucleic acid sequences in brain tissues of patients with schizophrenia using nested polymerase chain reaction

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-40

  Taller, Alla M ^a   Asher, David M ^a,e   Pomeroy, Kitty L ^a   Eldadah, Basil A ^a   Godec, Mark S ^a   Falkai, Peter C ^b   Bogert, Bernhard ^c   Kleinman, Joel E ^d   Stevens, Janice R ^d   Torrey, E Fuller ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 13344278003     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1996.01830010034006     Document Type: Article

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