Small head circumference at birth in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 165-170

  Kunugi, Hiroshi ^a,b   Takei, Noriyoshi ^b   Murray, Robin M ^b   Saito, Kaoru ^a   Nanko, Shinichiro ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

birth weight; head circumference; neonate; neurodevelopment; prenatal development; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030152380     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-9964(96)00007-2     Document Type: Article

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