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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING AND EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF PERSONS WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER Psychiatric Services (2004) 55(1):54-58 Faith B. Dickerson, John J. Boronow, Cassie R. Stallings, Andrea E Origoni, Sara Cole, Robert H. Yolken ABSTRACT: Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify variables associated with employment status among persons with bipolar disorder, including cognitive …

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ANTIBODIES TO INFECTIOUIS AGENTS IN INDIVIDUALS WITH RECENT ONSET SCHIZOPHRENIA Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci (2004) 254: 4 -8 F. Markus Leweke, Christoph W. Gerth, Dagmar Koethe, Joachim Klosterkötter, Inna Ruslanovaa, Bogdana Krivogorsky, E. Fuller Torrey, Robert H. Yolken ABSTRACT: We investigated the levels of antibodies to infectious agents in the serum and cerebral spinal …

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PREVALENCE OF SERUM ANTIBODIES TO HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS IN PATIENTS WITH GNITAL ULCER DISEASE IN AN URBAN POPULATION OF TANZANIA Sex Transm Infect. 2007n Feb;83(1):64-5. Mbwana J, Viscidi R, Lyamuya E, Mhalu F, Chalamilla G, Liljeqvist JA, Lagergard T. Institute of Biomedicine, The Sahigrenska Academy at Goteborg University, Goteborg, Sweden ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of …

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EPIGENETIC STUDIES OF GENOMIC RETROELEMENTS IN MAJOR PSYCHOSIS Schizophrenia Research 67 (2004):95-106 Pei-Xiang Kan, Violeta Popendikyte, Zachary A. Kaminsky, Robert H. Yolken, Arturas Petronis ABSTRACT: This work is dedicated to the exploration of the role of epigenetic (epiG) factors in major psychosis. One of the key functions of epigenetic modification of the genome of eukaryotic …

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POLYMORPHISMS IN MICB ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN HERPES VIRUS SEROPOSITIVITY AND SCHIZOPHRENIA RISK Schizophr Res. 2007 Aug; 94(1-3):342-53. Epub 2007 Jun 11 Shirts BH, Kim JJ, Reich S, Dickerson FB, Yolken RH, Devlin B, Nimgaonkar VL Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh school of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania …

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MUMPS VIRUS-SPECIFIC ANTIBODY TITERS FROM PRE-VACCINE ERA SERA: COMPARISON OF THE PLAQUE REDUCTION NEUTRALIZATION ASSAY AND ENZYME IMMUNOASSAYS J Clin Microbiol 43:4847-4851, 2005 Mauldin J, Carbone K, Hsu H, Yolken R, Rubin S ABSTRACT: Mumps virus-neutralizing antibodies are believed to be the most predictable surrogate marker of protective immunity. However, assays used to detect neutralizing …

Mumps virus-specific antibody titers from pre-vaccine era sera: comparison of the plaque reduction neutralization assay and enzyme immunoassays Read More »

HSV1 EXPOSURE AFFECTS PREFRONTAL CORTICAL STRUCTURE IN SCHIZOPHREIA PATIENTS Molecular Psychiatry (2007) 12, 1 KMR Prasad1, BH Shirts1, RH Yolken2, MS Keshavan1,3, and VL Nimgaonkar1 1Departmetn of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD …

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MATERNAL THYROID AUTOANTIBODIES DURING THE THIRD TRIMESTER AND HEARING DEFICITS IN CHILDREN: AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC ASSESSMENT Am J Epidemiol. 208 Mar 15;167(6):701-10, Epub 2007 Dec. 21. Wasserman EE, Nelson K, Rose NR, Eaton W, Pillion JP, Seaberg E, Talor MV, Burek L, Duggan A, Yolken RH. Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, …

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TOXOPLASMA GONDII STRAIN-DEPENDENT EFFECTS ON MOUSE BEHAVIOUR Folia Parasitol (Praha). 2010 Jun;57(2):151-5 Kannan G, Moldovan K, Xiao JC, Yolken RH, Jones-Brando L, Pletnikov MV Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287-5371, USA ABSTRACT: Toxoplasma gondii reportedly manipulates rodent behavior to increase transmission to its definitive feline host. …

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MARKERS OF GLUTEN SENSITIVITY AND CELIAC DISEASE IS RECENT-ONSET PSYCHOSIS AND MULTI-EPISODE SCHIZOPHRENIA Biol Psychiatry. 2010 May 13 [Epub ahead of print] Dickerson F, Stallings C, Origoni A, Vaughan C, Khushalani S, Leister F, Yang S, Krivogorsky B, Alaedini A, Yolken R Stanley Research Program at Sheppard Pratt ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Increased immune sensitivity to gluten …

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