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Plasma prevalence of anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor IgG antibodies in early...
Loureiro,Camila Marcelino; Corsi-Zuelli,Fabiana; Fachim,Helene Aparecida; Shuhama,Rosana; Chagas,Natália Mota de Souza; Menezes,Paulo RossiAbstract We investigated the feasibility of including plasma anti-NMDAR antibody screening in the assessment of first-episode psychosis patients in an early intervention programme in the Southern hemisphere. Anti-NMDAR IgG antibodies were assessed by ELISA in 166 patients (64.0% men), 166 matched population-based controls and 76 patients’ siblings (30.3% men). Fisher’s exact test and ANOVA were performed. Posit...
Validation of the Portuguese version of the Community Assessment of Psychic Exp...
Ragazzi,Taciana C.C.; Shuhama,Rosana; Sinval,Jorge; Marôco,João; Corsi-Zuelli,Fabiana; Roza,Daiane L. da; van Os,Jim; Menezes,Paulo R.Objective: We investigated: i) the reliability and validity of a Brazilian version of the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE), developed to detect and characterize psychotic experiences in the general population; and ii) the association between psychotic experiences, childhood adversity, and cannabis use in a population-based sample. Methods: We performed factorial analyses and generalized linear...