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Cat scratches, not bites, are associated with unipolar depression - cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: A recent study performed on 1.3 million patients showed a strong association between being bitten by a cat and probability of being diagnosed with depression. Authors suggested that infection with cat parasite Toxoplasma could be the reason for this association. METHOD: A cross sectional...

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Autores principales: Flegr, Jaroslav, Hodný, Zdeněk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4700762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26728406
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1290-7