Schizophrenia: Do men and women suffer from the same disease?

Revista de Psiquiatria Clinica

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 267-292

  Häfner, Heinz ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender; Oestrogen; Risk factors; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GONAD FUNCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROPROTECTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 0036999709     PISSN: 01016083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0101-60832002000600002     Document Type: Article

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