Gene-environment interaction in schizophrenia: Season-of-birth effect reveals -etiologically different subgroups

Psychopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-26

  Franzek, Ernst ^a   Beckmann, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030043887     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000284967     Document Type: Article

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