Autoimmune diseases and severe infections as risk factors for schizophrenia: A 30-year population-based register study

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1303-1310

  Benros, Michael E ^a,b,c,d   Nielsen, Philip R ^a,b,c,d   Nordentoft, Merete ^a,b,c,d   Eaton, William W ^a,b,c,d   Dalton, Susanne O ^a,b,c,d   Mortensen, Preben B ^a,b,c,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84857094629     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11030516     Document Type: Article

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