Gender differences and age of onset in the catatonic subtypes of schizophrenia

Psychopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 307-312

  Stöber, Gerald ^a   Franzek, Ernst ^a   Haubitz, Imme ^a   Pfuhlmann, Bruno ^a   Beckmann, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATATONIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATION PERIOD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA, CATATONIC; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031791918     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029055     Document Type: Article

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