Anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in patients with schizophrenia - Preliminary findings in a Turkish sample

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 789-791

  Cetinkaya, Zafer ^a   Yazar, Suleyman ^b   Gecici, Omer ^a   Namli, Mustafa N ^c  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Elazig Hospital for Mental Disorders   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ELISA; Schizophrenia; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; TOXOPLASMA GONDII ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VOLUNTEER; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; TOXOPLASMA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL; TURKEY;

EID: 34548021240     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbm021     Document Type: Article

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