Toxoplasma gondii infection and self-directed violence in mothers

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1123-1130

  Pedersen, Marianne G ^a   Mortensen, Preben Bo ^a   Norgaard Pedersen, Bent ^b   Postolache, Teodor T ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84866849298     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2012.668     Document Type: Article

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