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2. 1. Infection early in life and risk of non-affective psychosis

   Author : Åsa Blomström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : In light of the increasing, but insufficient, evidence that various infections and immunological processes during brain development are associated with psychotic disorder, the aim of this thesis was to investigate infection during foetal life and childhood on the risk of developing non-affective psychosis later in life. We conducted two population-based birth cohort studies using linkages to several nationwide registers as well as two studies on a subset of cases and controls in which biological samples were examined. READ MORE