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Vitamin D levels, brain volume, and genetic architecture in patients with psychosis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Berg Akiah Ottesen, Jørgensen Kjetil N, Nerhus Mari, Athanasiu Lavinia, Popejoy Alice B, Bettella Francesco, Norbom Linn Christin Bonaventure, Gurholt Tiril P, Dahl Sandra R, Andreassen Ole A, Djurovic Srdjan, Agartz Ingrid, Melle Ingrid
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Lower vitamin D levels are found in people with schizophrenia and depressive disorders, and also associated with neuroimaging abnormalities such as reduced brain volume in both animals and humans. Reduced whole brain and increased ventricular volume are also systematically reported in schizophrenia. Even though vitamin D deficiency has been proposed as a risk mechanism for schizophrenia there exist no...
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