The schizophrenia and Toxoplasma gondii connection: Infectious, immune or both?

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 703-709

  Tamer, Gulden Sonmez ^a   Dundar, Devrim ^a   Yalug, Irem ^a   Caliskan, Seyda ^a   Yazar, Suleyman ^b   Aker, Ahmet ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Enzyme immunoassay; Schizophrenia; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149350312     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: 18658652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12325-008-0063-5     Document Type: Article

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