Schizophrenia Research
Volume 66, Issue 1 , Pages 21-29 , 1 January 2004

Rheumatoid arthritis and schizophrenia: a negative association at a dimensional level

  • P. Gorwood

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Hôpital Louis Mourier, Service de Psychiatrie, 178 rue des Renouillers, 92700 Colombes, France. Tel.: +33-1-47-60-64-06; fax: +33-1-47-60-67-40.
    • Hôpital Louis Mourier (AP-HP), Service de Psychiatrie, 178 rue des Renouillers, 92700 Colombes, France
    • CNRS UMR 7593-Paris VII, Vulnérabilité, Adaptation et Psychopathologie, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, 75013 Paris, France
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  • J. Pouchot

      Affiliations

    • Hôpital Louis Mourier (AP-HP), Service de Médecine Interne, 178 rue des Renouillers, 92700 Colombes, France
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  • P. Vinceneux

      Affiliations

    • Hôpital Louis Mourier (AP-HP), Service de Médecine Interne, 178 rue des Renouillers, 92700 Colombes, France
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  • X. Puéchal

      Affiliations

    • Centre Hospitalier Le Mans, 194 avenue Rubillard, 72037 Le Mans, France
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  • R.M. Flipo

      Affiliations

    • Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Roger Salengro, 59037 Lille, France
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  • M. De Bandt

      Affiliations

    • Hôpital Xavier Bichat (AP-HP), Service de Rhumatologie, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75018, Paris, France
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  • J. Adès

      Affiliations

    • Hôpital Louis Mourier (AP-HP), Service de Psychiatrie, 178 rue des Renouillers, 92700 Colombes, France
    • CNRS UMR 7593-Paris VII, Vulnérabilité, Adaptation et Psychopathologie, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, 75013 Paris, France
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  • Club Rhumatisme et Inflammation (CRI)

      Affiliations

    • Hôpital Xavier Bichat (AP-HP), Service de Rhumatologie, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75018, Paris, France

Received 8 September 2002 ,Accepted 20 January 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0920-9964(03)00017-3

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 66, Issue 1 , Pages 21-29 , 1 January 2004

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