Prenatal underdevelopment and schizophrenia: A case report of monozygotic twins

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-274

  Kunugi, Hiroshi ^a,b   Urushibara, Takako ^a   Murray, Robin M ^c   Nanko, Shinichiro ^a   Hirose, Tetsuya ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypoxic brain damage; Low birthweight; Monozygotic twin; Perinatal complications; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TWIN DISCORDANCE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0038353549     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2003.01116.x     Document Type: Article

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