The relationship between Toxoplasma Gondii infection and mood disorders in the third national health and nutrition survey

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 290-295

  Pearce, Brad D ^a   Kruszon Moran, Deanna ^c   Jones, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; C reactive protein; dysthymia; major depression; neuroimmunology; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTHYMIA; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MOOD DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; SMOKING; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864284183     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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