objective: the relationship between obsessive compulsive disorder and schizophrenia has been a matter of dispute for ages. this study aimed to investigate the differences between schizophrenia with obsessive compulsive symptoms (ocs) and schizophrenia without ocs in affecting positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.  methods: study participants comprised 30 patients with schizophrenia w...

Inflammation and Specific Symptoms of Depression Elevated levels of inflammatory markers, such as C-reactive protein, are well-documented in people with depression.1,2 Raison and Miller3 suggested that this association may, in fact, be symptom-specific. Higher levels of inflammation are particularly likely tounderlie depression symptoms that characterize sickness behavior, including fatigue, re...

We report here one case of tularemia, one case of human monocytic ehrlichiosis, and one case of febrile illness most consistent with tularemia with titers suggestive of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in residents of three south-central Missouri counties. All three cases had with nonspecific symptoms of a febrile illness. All three patients had a history of a tick bite, common in south-central Mis...

cow's milk allergy (cma) is an immunological response to cow's milk proteins such as casein, α-lactalbumin and β lactoglobulin. the aim of this study was to determine the most common cow's milk allergenic proteins in patients with cma and identify the most effective proteins in different allergic symptoms. eighty seven patients (≤18 years) with allergy to cow’s milk from 2006 to 2013 entered th...