Schizophrenia Research
Volume 118, Issue 1 , Pages 240-247 , May 2010

Subunit and whole molecule specificity of the anti-bovine casein immune response in recent onset psychosis and schizophrenia

  • Emily G. Severance

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Blalock 1105, Baltimore, MD 21287-4933, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 410 614 3918; fax: +1 410 955 3723.
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  • Faith B. Dickerson

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Research Program, Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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  • Meredith Halling

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Blalock 1105, Baltimore, MD 21287-4933, United States
    • Present address: Center for Persons with Disabilities, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
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  • Bogdana Krivogorsky

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Blalock 1105, Baltimore, MD 21287-4933, United States
    • Present address: Department of Biology, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota.
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  • Luladey Haile

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Blalock 1105, Baltimore, MD 21287-4933, United States
    • Present address: Program in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics, Towson University, Baltimore, MD.
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  • Shuojia Yang

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Blalock 1105, Baltimore, MD 21287-4933, United States
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  • Cassie R. Stallings

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Research Program, Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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  • Andrea E. Origoni

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Research Program, Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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  • Ioannis Bossis

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Blalock 1105, Baltimore, MD 21287-4933, United States
    • Present address: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
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  • Jianchun Xiao

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Blalock 1105, Baltimore, MD 21287-4933, United States
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  • Didier Dupont

      Affiliations

    • INRA – Agrocampus Ouest, UMR 1253, Science et Technologie du Lait et de l'Oeuf, Rennes, France
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  • Willem Haasnoot

      Affiliations

    • Biomolecular Detection (BD), RIKILT-Institute of Food Safety, Wageningen UR, Netherlands
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  • Robert H. Yolken

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Blalock 1105, Baltimore, MD 21287-4933, United States

Received 19 October 2009 ,Revised 16 December 2009 ,Accepted 21 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.12.030

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 118, Issue 1 , Pages 240-247 , May 2010

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