Prenatal Infection as a Risk Factor for Schizophrenia
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Prenatal infection as a risk factor for schizophrenia.
Accumulating evidence suggests that prenatal exposure to infection contributes to the etiology of schizophrenia. This line of investigation has been advanced by birth cohort studies that utilize prospectively acquired data from serologic assays for infectious and immune biomarkers. These investigations have provided further support for this hypothesis and permitted the investigation of new infe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Schizophrenia Bulletin
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0586-7614,1745-1701
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbj052