Elevated maternal C-reactive protein and increased risk of schizophrenia in a national birth cohort

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 171, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 960-968

  Canetta, Sarah ^a   Sourander, Andre ^a   Surcel, Heljä Marja ^a   Hinkka Yli Salomäki, Susanna ^a   Leiviskä, Jaana ^a   Kellendonk, Christoph ^a   McKeague, Ian W ^a   Brown, Alan S ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PLACENTA PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTHPLACE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; URBAN AREA; BLOOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84908001014     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13121579     Document Type: Article

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