Maternal famine, de novo mutations, and schizophrenia

JAMA

Volumn 296, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 582-584

  McClellan, Jack M ^a   Susser, Ezra ^b   King, Mary Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUNGER; MATERNAL WELFARE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 33746641708     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.296.5.582     Document Type: Note

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