Fertility in schizophrenia: Results from a contemporary US cohort

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 364-369

  Nimgaonkar, V L ^a   Ward, S E ^a   Agarde, H ^a   Weston, N ^a   Ganguli, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

genetics; reproduction; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030997668     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb09647.x     Document Type: Article

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