Infection and inflammation in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: a genome wide study for interactions with genetic variation.

Inflammation and maternal or fetal infections have been suggested as risk factors for schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BP). It is likely that such environmental effects are contingent on genetic background. Here, in a genome-wide approach, we test the hypothesis that such exposures increase...

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Main Authors: Dimitrios Avramopoulos, Brad D Pearce, John McGrath, Paula Wolyniec, Ruihua Wang, Nicole Eckart, Alexandros Hatzimanolis, Fernando S Goes, Gerald Nestadt, Jennifer Mulle, Karen Coneely, Myfanwy Hopkins, Ingo Ruczinski, Robert Yolken, Ann E Pulver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4363491?pdf=render