Psychiatry Research
Volume 144, Issue 2 , Pages 211-216 , 15 November 2006

Reduced anticardiolipin antibodies in first episode and chronic schizophrenia

  • Pinkhas Sirota

      Affiliations

    • Abarbanel Mental Health Center, Bat Yam and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Ward 6A, Y. Abarbanel Mental Health Center, 15 Keren Kayemet St., Bat Yam 59100, Israel. Tel.: +972 3 5552700; fax: +972 3 5552706.
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  • Irene Bogdanov

      Affiliations

    • Abarbanel Mental Health Center, Bat Yam and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Aviva Katzav

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology and Neurology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Ruth Hershko

      Affiliations

    • Abarbanel Mental Health Center, Bat Yam and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Joab Chapman

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology and Neurology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Received 16 July 2005 ,Revised 30 December 2005 ,Accepted 7 February 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.02.002

Psychiatry Research
Volume 144, Issue 2 , Pages 211-216 , 15 November 2006

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