Obstetric complications and congenital malformation in schizophrenia

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 166-178

  McNeil, Thomas F ^a   Cantor Graae, Elizabeth ^a   Ismail, Baher ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth; Hippocampus; Malformation; Pregnancy; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

BIRTH; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DELIVERY; EAR; EYE; FOOT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAND; HEAD; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LABOR; LIMB; MODEL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOUTH; NEWBORN PERIOD; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TERATOLOGY; TWINS;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0034010688     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(99)00034-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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