Low birthweight in schizophrenia: Prematurity or poor fetal growth?

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 177-184

  Smith, Geoffrey N ^a,b,c,e   Flynn, Sean W ^a,b   McCarthy, Natalia ^b   Meistrich, Barbara ^c   Ehmann, Thomas S ^a,b,c   MacEwan, G William ^c   Altman, Simeon ^b   Kopala, Lili C ^d   Honer, William G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c St Vincent's Hospital   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

(Schizophrenia); Age at illness onset; Low birthweight; Prematurity; Premorbid functioning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ALIENATION;

EID: 0035280283     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(00)00004-9     Document Type: Article

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