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Inflammation and psychopathology: what we now know, and what we need to know

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MU and VAD are supported by the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation, the Prechter World Bipolar Foundation and the Lyckaki-Young Fund from the State of Michigan.

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    Monica Uddin & Vaibhav A. Diwadkar

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Uddin, M., Diwadkar, V.A. Inflammation and psychopathology: what we now know, and what we need to know. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 49, 1537–1539 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-014-0934-9

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