Is T-helper type 2 shift schizophrenia-specific? Primary results from a comparison of related psychiatric disorders and healthy controls

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 228-236

  Chiang, Sonnig Sue Whei ^a   Riedel, Michael ^b   Schwarz, Markus ^b   Mueller, Norbert ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

cytokine; schizophrenia; schizophrenia related disorders; T helper 2

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HEBEPHRENIA; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TH1 TH2 BALANCE; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84877989534     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12040     Document Type: Article

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