Comparison of clinical symptoms between antitoxoplasma-seropositive and seronegative patients with schizophrenia

Medical Journal of Wuhan University

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Huiling ^a   Wang, Gaohua ^a   Li, Qiuying ^a   Shu, Chang ^a   Wang, Xiaoping ^a   Wu, Jianhong ^a   Liu, Zhongchun ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibody; Clinical; Schizophrenia; Symptoms; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149115106     PISSN: 16718852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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