Increased rate of birth complications and small head size at birth in winter-born male patients with schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 303-305

  Takagai, Shu ^a   Kawai, Masayoshi ^a   Toulopoulou, Timothea ^b   Tsuchiya, Kenji J ^a   Mori, Norio ^a   Takei, Nori ^a,b  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; WINTER;

BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33645839333     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2005.11.016     Document Type: Letter

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