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Schizophrenia and the Immune System

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Sort Desciption: Schizophrenia is a devastating mental. illness, characterized by debilitating ... of schizophrenia are found throughout. history, but it was not until the late ...

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Schizophrenia and the Immune System We commonly think of the immune system as protecting us from the cold, u, or bacterial infections. But imagine what happens when instead of protecting our cells, the immune system attacks our own cells: autoimmune disease. Common examples include lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes; all these diseases are characterized by attack on and degeneration of speci c native tissues (1). Schizophrenia is a devastating mental illness, characterized by debilitating hallucinations, paranoia, and delusions, that affects one percent of the worlds population (2). Current research primarily focuses on the neurochemical and biological pathology of schizophrenia. But a subset of research has taken a decidedly different approach. This research postulates that, in at least some ...

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