| Autor: |
Gholam Reza Karami, Mohammad Mahdi Zamani, Haniyeh Akhlaghi, Seyedeh Hamideh Mortazzavi, Jaleh Dezdar, Hassan Abolhassani, Hani Beheshti, Mehrnoosh Ebadi, Morteza Izadi, Ahmad Ayadi |
| Rok vydání: |
2014 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Scimetr. 2 |
| ISSN: |
2213-7610 |
| DOI: |
10.5812/scimetr.15386 |
| Popis: |
Results: The prevalence of T. gondii antibody positive cases among patients showed differences between males and females. In the patient group, IgG was positive in 53.2% whereas, 41.4% of the control group had IgG positive (P = 0.02). Age at the time of diagnosis of schizophrenic patients with positive T. gondii IgG and IgM was significantly lower than other cases (34.2 ± 14.3 vs. 49.2 ± 11.7; P = 0.01). Patients with family members that had positive results for IgG ELISA test had higher probability for positive IgM seropositivity. Conclusions: Our results supported the longstanding hypothesis of correlation between T. gondii infection and schizophrenia. We also considered this infection as a possible etiological factor in the development of schizophrenia. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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