Discrete placental dysfunction: The overlooked player in prenatal roots of neuropsychiatric diseases?

Neuroembryology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 169-175

  Schmitz, Christoph ^a,b,c   Frank, Hans Georg ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d AplaGen GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Autism; Genetics; Neurodevelopment; Schizophrenia; Trophoblast; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PLACENTA; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344708480     PISSN: 14248522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066273     Document Type: Short Survey

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