Maternal exposure to toxoplasmosis and risk of schizophrenia in adult offspring

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 767-773

  Brown, Alan S ^a   Schaefer, Catherine A ^b   Quesenberry Jr , Charles P ^b   Liu, Liyan ^b   Babulas, Vicki P ^b   Susser, Ezra S ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 16844364265     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.4.767     Document Type: Article

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