Antibodies to Infectious Agents in Individuals at Ultra-High Risk for Psychosis

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1215-1217

  Amminger, G Paul ^a,b   McGorry, Patrick D ^a   Berger, Gregor E ^a   Wade, Darryl ^a   Yung, Alison R ^a   Phillips, Lisa J ^a   Harrigan, Susy M ^a   Francey, Shona M ^a   Yolken, Robert H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human herpes viruses; onset of psychosis; positive symptoms; schizophrenia; toxoplasma gondii; ultra high risk

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 34247576265     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.09.034     Document Type: Article

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