The diagnosis of a personality disorder increases the likelihood for seropositivity to Toxoplasma gondii in psychiatric patients

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-135

  Hinze Selch, Dunja ^a   Däubener, Walter ^b   Erdag, Sükran ^a   Wilms, Sibylle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Major depression; Personality disorder; Schizophrenia; Serology; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77954199614     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2010.016     Document Type: Article

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