Psychoimmunology. II. the neuroendocrine system and the immune system in autism and schizophrenia
Francesetti, G.; Gecele, M.; Meluzzi, A.
Minerva Psichiatrica 32(2): 75-82
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0374-9320 PMID: 1870415 Document Number: 371167
In this paper the Authors report on the immunologic alterations in two psychiatric disease: schizophrenia and infantile autism. While a lot of researches have been concluded on the immunologic alterations in schizophrenia, only a few data on infantile autism are available. Based on data from international literature the Authors advance some hypotheses on the role possibly played by the immune system in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia and infantile autism.