Association between intracellular infectious agents and Tourette's syndrome

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 260, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 359-363

  Krause, Daniela ^a   Matz, Judith ^a   Weidinger, Elif ^a   Wagner, Jenny ^a   Wildenauer, Agnes ^a   Obermeier, Michael ^a   Riedel, Michael ^a   Müller, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Immune system; Infections; Tourette's syndrome; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIAL PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOURETTE SYNDROME; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955903045     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-009-0084-3     Document Type: Article

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