Developmental Brain Abnormalities in the Offspring of Schizophrenic Mothers: I. Contributions of Genetic and Perinatal Factors

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 551-564

  Cannon, Tyrone D ^a   Mednick, Sarnoff A ^b   Parnas, Josef ^c,d   Schulsinger, Fini ^c,d   Praestholm, Johannes ^d   Vestergaard, Aage ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Institute of Preventive Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CHLOROFORM; ETHER; NITROUS OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CHILD; ETHER, ETHYL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATIONS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0027161815     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1993.01820190053006     Document Type: Article

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