Relationship of birth season to clinical features, family history, and obstetric complications in schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-17

  Dassa, Daniel ^a   Sham, Pak C ^b   Van Os, Jim ^b   Abel, Kathryn ^b   Jones, Peter ^b   Murray, Robin M ^b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth complications; Genetics; Schizoaffective disorder; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0030606910     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1781(96)02868-5     Document Type: Article

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