Inflammation and schizophrenia

Affiliations

¹ *To whom correspondence should be addressed; Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Georgia Regents University, 997 Saint Sebastian Way, Augusta, Georgia 30912, US; tel: +1-706-721-4445, fax: +1-706-721-1793, e-mail: brmiller@gru.edu.

Review

Brian Kirkpatrick et al. Schizophr Bull. 2013 Nov.

. 2013 Nov;39(6):1174-9.

doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbt141. Epub 2013 Sep 26.

¹ *To whom correspondence should be addressed; Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Georgia Regents University, 997 Saint Sebastian Way, Augusta, Georgia 30912, US; tel: +1-706-721-4445, fax: +1-706-721-1793, e-mail: brmiller@gru.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: cytokines; first-episode psychosis; inflammation; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory; oxidative stress; schizophrenia.

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