Maternal exposure to sexually transmitted infections and schizophrenia among offspring

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 166, Issue 1-3, 2015, Pages 255-260

  Cheslack Postava, Keely ^a   Brown, Alan S ^a,b   Chudal, Roshan ^c   Suominen, Auli ^c   Huttunen, Jukka ^c   Surcel, Helja Marja ^d   Sourander, Andre ^a,c,e  

^a New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Epidemiology; HSV 2; Prenatal infection; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; BLOOD; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; IMMUNOLOGY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGISTER; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGISTRIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84955195507     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.05.012     Document Type: Article

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