Increased prevalence of Chlamydophila DNA in post-mortem brain frontal cortex from patients with schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 129, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 191-195

  Fellerhoff, Barbara ^a,b   Wank, Rudolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Immunis eV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydiaceae; Chlamydophila pneumoniae; Chlamydophila psittaci; CNS; Infection; Schizophrenia; Stanley Medical Research Institute (SMRI)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; DNA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PREVALENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957978231     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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