A Danish National Birth Cohort study of maternal HSV-2 antibodies as a risk factor for schizophrenia in their offspring

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 122, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 257-263

  Mortensen, Preben B ^a   Pedersen, Carsten B ^a   Hougaard, David M ^b   Nørgaard Petersen, Bent ^b   Mors, Ole ^c   Børglum, Anders D ^a   Yolken, Robert H ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Herpes simplex 2; National birth cohort; Neonatal; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; NEWBORN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROPREVALENCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 77956188326     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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