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C-reactive protein is associated with the severity of cognitive impairment but not of psychiatric symptoms in individuals with schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Jul 2007
Dickerson Faith, Stallings Cassie, Origoni Andrea, Boronow John, Yolken Robert
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OBJECTIVES: We investigated the association between serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation, and the severity of psychopathology and cognitive impairment in schizophrenia. METHODS: We measured the levels of CRP in N=413 individuals with schizophrenia. Symptom severity was evaluated with the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and cognitive functioning with the Repeatable...
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