Are common childhood or adolescent infections risk factors for schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 190, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Hickie, Ian B ^a   Banati, Richard ^a,b   Stewart, Catherine H ^a   Lloyd, Andrew R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MINOCYCLINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PEROSPIRONE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; ZIPRASIDONE;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MENINGITIS; MICROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 61849156712     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02369.x     Document Type: Article

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